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Date:      Tue, 6 Feb 2001 06:55:18 -0800 (PST)
From:      Benjamin Ossei <ben@cahostnet.net>
To:        jim@geekhouse.net
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: STABLE Branch
Message-ID:  <20010206145518.704C336F9@sitemail.everyone.net>

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OK, read it again.  I went to the ftp site to study the branches again.  I hope this is correct.  There is a FreeBSD-stable which is linked to 4.0-STABLE directory.  If I was going to do an install of freebsd and wanted to run the stable os from the gate out, (I will follow your recommendation though)can I use the FreeBSD-stable as my insall directory in the options?  Or will I use 4.0-STABLE?  Which one will the installation be looking for.  For now I use 4.2-RELEASE so what will it be in my scenerio?

Thx..


--- Benjamin Ossei <ben@cahostnet.net>
> wrote:
>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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