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Date:      Tue, 14 Dec 1999 18:10:43 +0000
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: -RC tag
Message-ID:  <19991214181043.A339@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <87iu21g936.fsf@main.wgaf.net>
References:  <87iu21g936.fsf@main.wgaf.net>

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On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 04:33:49AM -0500, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> What does 3.4-RC mean?
> 

Release Candidate, what will become 3.4-RELEASE.

> I'm following "src-all tag=RELENG_3" via cvsup, and have just rebuilt
> my kernel. I see that I now have 3.4-RC at bootup. But I have not
> rebuilt any system files yet, so I was wondering if it were dangerous
> running a newer kernel without updated system files?
> 

I built a 3.4-RC kernel a few days ago and it's working fine with a
3.3-STABLE (as of 26/9) userland (yeah, yeah, I know you shouldn't do
it, but I needed something added to my kernel and didn't have time to
build the world).

> Thanks,
> -- 
> Arcady Genkin                                http://wgaf.dyndns.org
> "'What good is my pity? Is not the pity the cross upon which he who
> loves man is nailed?..'" (Zarathustra - F. Nietzsche)
> 
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