Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:14:49 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a few questions and concepts Message-ID: <20060410101449.GA22530@gothmog.pc> In-Reply-To: <200604071911.49662.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <43461.208.11.134.3.1144443260.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> <20060407213423.GB96006@gothmog.pc> <200604071911.49662.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On 2006-04-07 19:11, Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> wrote: > On Friday 07 April 2006 16:34, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > so, the past couple of days, i have learned to cvsup my /usr/src > > > directories. ive just been using the standard copy of the > > > stable-supfile. i have learned that if i perform the sendmail recompile > > > after the cvsup, that it sendmail seems to proclaim 8.13.6 in the banner. > > > on top of that, i have learned that if i recompile the kernel after > > > cvsup, that it no longer says FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, but FreeBSD > > > 6.1-PRERELEASE. > > > > You are running RELENG_6 now, which is much more recent than > > RELENG_6_0_RELEASE. > > [...] > ill grasp the method of the madness eventually. i guess what confuses me, is > that i read about those, and then try to find them on the ftp sites. i > assume, that only release is made into a .iso file? and to move to a higher > version (either the security RELENG_6_0 or stable RELENG_6), you do this thru > the cvsup tool. > > so, by your descriptions and reply to my previous comments, my system that is > running what says 6.1-PRERELEASE is really RELENG_6 (stable) ? 100% correct. This is exactly what "stable-supfile" fetches for you :)
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