From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 18 08:43:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7231216A4CE for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:43:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (mail.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FEAB43D58 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:43:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.42 #0 (FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE)) id 1CJT74-0008j1-Pj by authid ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:43:30 +0300 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:43:30 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20041018084330.GJ35360@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , Matthew Seaman , FBSD-Q References: <20041018074431.GE35360@ns2.wananchi.com> <20041018075641.GA24712@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041018075641.GA24712@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.6i (2004-02-01) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: FBSD-Q Subject: Re: 5.3-STABLE ???? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:43:37 -0000 * Matthew Seaman [20041018 10:58]: wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:44:31AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > > I installed 5.3Beta7 on a box I have here. I have UPDATED the box > > twice now using cvsup, and using: > > > > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 > > > > > > Now, the output of `uname -a` says the box is: > > > > > > FreeBSD sqlserve.wananchi.com 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #1: Mon Oct 18 08:30:11 EAT 2004 \ > > wash@sqlserve.wananchi.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SQLSRV i386 > > > > > > > > I am not sure how correct this is. Did I screw up with the RELENG tag? > > No -- that's expected. Once the RELENG_5_3 branch was created, the > RELENG_5 branch would be relabeld as -STABLE. Note that these are > just technical changes to the CVS repository and that all they do is > presage the actual release/launch of those OS versions. ie. You might > be seeing 5.3-STABLE in your uname(1) output, but it isn't official > until the project announces it. > > If your eventual aim is to install 5.3-RELEASE, this would be a good > time to change your supfile to track RELENG_5_3. Again -- that's just > producing release candidates at the moment: the release isn't official > until it's announced. > Thank you for clarifying! I need the 5.3-RELEASE, so I am changing to RELENG_5_3 -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ God is a comic playing to an audience that's afraid to laugh.