From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 6 22:37:24 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2E77B5E7 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2014 22:37:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from land.berklix.org (land.berklix.org [144.76.10.75]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B631E755 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2014 22:37:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (pD9FBE8EF.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.251.232.239]) (authenticated bits=128) by land.berklix.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id sA6MXXb4095965; Thu, 6 Nov 2014 22:33:33 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id sA6Mb6QH015945; Thu, 6 Nov 2014 23:37:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id sA6MamIw051196; Thu, 6 Nov 2014 23:37:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Message-Id: <201411062237.sA6MamIw051196@fire.js.berklix.net> To: "edflecko ." Subject: Re: What's the difference between "Release" versus "Errata" versus "Security" branches??? From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultants, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:21:24 -0800." Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:36:48 +0100 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:37:24 -0000 "edflecko ." wrote: > Thank you Andrew. > > Hey Julian - I did RTFM Hi Ed, 3 non freebsd.org sites with duff/ non authoritative info. are not The Manual. You did not say you had read the freebsd.org handbook. It wastes time, asking on @freebsd.org to read & explain mis-perceptions about FreeBSD, published on non freebsd.org domains. For Authoritative FreeBSD info. refer to freebsd.org, not blog & mag. domains ! https://www.freebsd.org https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/ https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/ https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/ http://wiki.freebsd.org/ http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable "the stable cvsup target is built from the latest official RELEASE with the addition of critical bug fixes." PS Re. cvsup above, I filed a bug report: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2014-November/024528.html Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com Indent previous with "> ". Interleave reply paragraphs like a play script. Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative.