From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 21 12: 1:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from gratis.grondar.za (grouter.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E34B237B73F for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:01:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (root@gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2LK1Lf45019; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 22:01:24 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <200103212001.f2LK1Lf45019@gratis.grondar.za> To: Hurf Sheldon Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsup/cvsupfile question References: <3AB8F56A.9D85E58A@graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: <3AB8F56A.9D85E58A@graphics.cornell.edu> ; from Hurf Sheldon "Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:39:38 EST." Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 22:02:28 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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