From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 16:34:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50B7A16A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:34:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7D0843D53 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:34:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (kensmith@localhost [127.0.0.1]) iA9GYuIo021958; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:34:56 -0500 (EST) Received: (from kensmith@localhost) by electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id iA9GYuDt021957; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:34:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:34:55 -0500 From: Ken Smith To: Rob Message-ID: <20041109163455.GM16345@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <41907C91.9000706@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41907C91.9000706@yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: standard-supfile = stable-supfile with 5.3 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:34:57 -0000 On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 05:15:13PM +0900, Rob wrote: > The two files > > /usr/src/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile > /usr/src/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile > > both have > > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 > > although the first one claims to download CURRENT. > > And, eh, why is the filename "standard-supfile" and > why not the more obvious "current-supfile" ? I'm not sure I understand. How was your system brought up to the new release - was it a CD install or cvsup-ed? If cvsup-ed what did you use as the tag during the cvsup? I'm seeing what you expect both in CVS and on a system installed from CD: harlow 1 % cd /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ harlow 2 % grep "default release" standard-supfile stable-supfile standard-supfile:*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_3 stable-supfile:*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 harlow 3 % uname -a FreeBSD harlow.cse.buffalo.edu 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #3: Thu Nov 4 16:14:06 EST 2004 root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 harlow 4 % The standard-supfile is meant for people who want to track the release branch as Errata/Security updates get applied to it. The stable-supfile is meant for people who want to track the *development* branch, which is not recommended for people who do not have the time to watch over the freebsd-stable mailing list (on occasion mistakes do happen in the development branch and other development work can at times cause glitches people need to be aware of). -- Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel |