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Date:      Wed, 15 May 2002 06:20:51 +0200
From:      =?iso-8859-1?Q?Erik_Paulsen_Sk=E5lerud?= <erik@pentadon.com>
To:        "'Victor R. Cardona'" <vcardon@siue.edu>, "'Albert Martinez'" <albertem@bellatlantic.net>
Cc:        <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: freebsd update tag?
Message-ID:  <004c01c1fbc7$e608bac0$cea8a1d5@erik>
In-Reply-To: <20020515035830.GA21696@spastic.siue.edu>

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I belevie RELENG_4_5 is what he's searching for, he was asking about a
branch where commits are safe (oh well, as safe it can get), not -STABLE
wich isn't pointed for production systems.

Albert, look at this:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html

Erik.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Victor R.
Cardona
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 5:59 AM
To: Albert Martinez
Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: freebsd update tag?


On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 10:22:11PM -0400, Albert Martinez wrote:
> Hi, I recently installed freebsd 4.5 cd release.  I use openbsd which 
> uses it's stable branch to apply security fixes, bug fixes, and other 
> safe changes.  Obviousely freebsd stable does not fullfill the same 
> roll.  Is there an equvalent in freebsd to openbsd stable?  Or, put 
> another way, how can I cvsup important changes to my freebsd 4.5 cd 
> release?  I was looking around the cvsweb and noticed RELENG_4_5_BP.  
> What is it?

FreeBSD stable does what you want. Use the stable supfile in
/usr/share/examples/cvsup to grab the latest stable sources.

Victor



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