Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 22:37:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Brian Litzinger <brian@worldcontrol.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: opps accidentally upgraded from 2.2.2 -> 2.1-stable Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971002223310.26112O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19970930101122.39725@top.worldcontrol.com>
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On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Brian Litzinger wrote: > I installed a 2.2.2 system and then planned to upgrade to -stable. > By -stable I was thinking 2.2-stable. > > So I > > cvsup -L 2 -g /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile > make world > built and booted new kernel > > Much to my surprise I now had a 2.1-stable system. No, you had a 2.1.0-RELEASE system. :-) > Looking through the website I find the correct supfile for > the 2.2-stable and repaired everything. > > However, shouldn't the stable-supfile that was loaded with the 2.2.2 > distribution have been for the 2.2-stable instead of the 2.1-stable? Well, that's what logic would dictate, but logic and the CVS tree don't always mesh. :-) It's an outdated file, for EXAMPLE use only. If you look at it you'll see a 2_1_0_RELEASE tag, which doesn't fetch 2.2-STABLE. 2_2_STABLE does, surprisingly. :) It was fixed September 3, 1997. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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