Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 22:02:28 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Hurf Sheldon <hurf@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsup/cvsupfile question Message-ID: <200103212001.f2LK1Lf45019@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <3AB8F56A.9D85E58A@graphics.cornell.edu> ; from Hurf Sheldon <hurf@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> "Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:39:38 EST." References: <3AB8F56A.9D85E58A@graphics.cornell.edu>
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> Using cvsup to catch up to changes for 4.2-Stable, we ended up with > 4.3-Beta. We used cvsup Nov-December, with (I thought) the attached > cvsup file, to keep 4.2-Stable current. We ran cvsup yesterday. After > `buildworld`, `buildkernel`, `uname` says: > > FreeBSD [host] 4.3-BETA FreeBSD 4.3-BETA #0: Wed Mar 21 > > previous build `uname` says: > FreeBSD [host] 4.2-STABLE FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #1: Wed Dec 6 > > Where'd we go wrong? Nowhere. > Can it be put right? It is right. This "BETA" (not to be confused with an unstable commercial "beta") is simply "STABLE" with a tag on it to indicate that it is going through the release engineering process to become 4.3-RELEASE (and then 4.3-STABLE). You have something that is stable, and is just close to the next release. M -- Mark Murray Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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