From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 12:25:25 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5C1E516 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:25:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.smeelen@ose.nl) Received: from mail.ose.nl (mail.ose.nl [212.178.134.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 337E38FC08 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:25:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Footer: b3NlLm5s Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.ose.nl (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES256-SHA (256 bits)) for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:25:22 +0100 Message-ID: <50AF6B22.1060000@ose.nl> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:25:06 +0100 From: Bas Smeelen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How go back from X.Y-RELEASE-pZ to X.Y-RELEASE? References: <20121123112203.GL36283@pol-server.leissner.se> In-Reply-To: <20121123112203.GL36283@pol-server.leissner.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:25:25 -0000 On 11/23/2012 12=3A22 PM=2C Peter Olsson wrote=3A =3E We are currently using cvs for both source and ports=2E =3E I have begun changing to portsnap for ports=2C and I =3E would also like to try changing at least some of our =3E servers to freebsd-update=2E =3E =3E But all servers have been patched=2C using either RELENG=5F8=5F3 =3E or RELENG=5F9=5F0 as cvs tag=2E I need to revert them to their =3E respective RELEASE to be able to use freebsd-update=2E =3E Complete reinstall from eg CD is not an option=2C and I don=27t =3E want to upgrade to a newer RELEASE at the moment=2E =3E =3E Can I change the cvs tags to RELENG=5F8=5F3=5F0=5FRELEASE or =3E RELENG=5F9=5F0=5F0=5FRELEASE=2C and then build/install world and =3E kernel as usual=3F =3E Or will that method cause problems for the system or the =3E installed ports=3F =3E =3E Thanks! RELENG=5F9=5F0 and RELENG=5F8=5F3 are RELEASE branches including patches=20= =288=2E3-RELEASE-p4 for instance=29=2C so you should be able to use freebsd= -update=20 ont them without changing anything=2E If the servers are up to date then freebsd-update doesn=27t have to do=20= anything for them untill the next paches for them come around=2E This e-mail message=2C including any attachment=28s=29=2C is intended solel= y for the addressee or addressees=2E Any views or opinions presented herein= are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of O= SE=2E If you are not the intended recipient of this communication please return t= his e-mail message and the attachment=28s=29 to the sender and delete and d= estroy all copies=2E