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Date:      Tue, 6 Feb 2001 06:38:01 -0800 (PST)
From:      Benjamin Ossei <ben@cahostnet.net>
To:        jim@geekhouse.net
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: STABLE Branch
Message-ID:  <20010206143801.DF7E536F9@sitemail.everyone.net>

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Ok, I got that part also.  Thanks for the reply.  This is where I get confused.  When I perform a cvs I put in RELENG_4, is this the -STABLE branch?  Is this the correct tag to use. Is this what you consider -STABLE?  I am going to read this over again.

Thanks...

--- Jim Mock <jim@geekhouse.net>
> wrote:
>On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 at 05:25:37 -0800, Benjamin Ossei wrote:
>> Is there a stable branch called 4.2-STABLE?  When I go to the ftp 
>> site, I see 4.x-STABLE and 4.2-RELEASE etc.  But no 4.2-STABLE.  I'm I 
>> understanding this all wrong?  Is the 4.x-STABLE the stable branch 
>> that we should use when doing out installs?.  An explanation will be 
>> great.
>
>Ok, I'll try to keep this simple :-)
>
>-CURRENT is the development branch
>-STABLE is the "production" branch
>-RELEASE is a snapshot of the -STABLE branch at release time
>
>To answer your question, the way that'll give the least headaches is to 
>install -RELEASE then upgrade via make world (see the handbook) to 
>-STABLE.
>
>- jim
>
>-- 
>jim mock <jim@geekhouse.net>      http://soupnazi.org/ | jim@FreeBSD.org

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