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To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
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Subject: Re: Release tag 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 18 May 2001 17:05:56 +0300."
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Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 09:02:38 -0700
From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
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> Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 17:05:56 +0300
> From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
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> * Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> [20010518 15:35]: writing on the subj=
> ect 'Re: Release tag'
> Kris> On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 12:51:40AM -0700, Chad R. Larson wrote:
> Kris> > As I recall, David Andrzejewski wrote:
> Kris> > > Did you make sure to recompile your kernel after the upgrade?
> Kris> >=20
> Kris> > Of course.  :-)
> Kris> >=20
> Kris> > What I'm suggesting is that /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.h should be
> Kris> > changed along this branch such that
> Kris> >=20
> Kris> >   BRANCH=3D"RELEASE"
> Kris> >=20
> Kris> > says something else that makes clear the difference.  I mean,
> Kris> > RELENG_4_3 isn't a RELEASE, and it ain't quite STABLE either.
> Kris> >=20
> Kris> > I'd even be comfortable with something very subtle, like
> Kris> >=20
> Kris> >   BRANCH=3D"release"
> Kris> >=20
> Kris> > But Jordan has to make the change, as only he and the security
> Kris> > officer can commit to this branch.
> Kris>=20
> Kris> There have been no commits to RELENG_4_3 yet, so it *is* still
> Kris> 4.3-RELEASE :-)
> 
> Wow! And how comes my boxes all say the same??
> 
> wash:~$ uname -a
> FreeBSD everest.wananchi.com 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #3: Wed Apr 25
> 13:37:08 EAT 2001     wash@everest.wananchi.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/Kern4.x
> i386
> 
> Just curious.....

Because you are using RELENG_4, not RELENG_4_3. There have been many
commits to RELENG_4 (STABLE), but none to RELENG_4_3 (???).

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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