Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 06:28:20 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Eloy A. Paris" <Eloy.Paris@ven.ra.rockwell.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Difference between -stable and -release? Message-ID: <17850.835421300@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:54:34 EDT." <2.2.16.19960621221300.282fc580@zeus.ven.ra.rockwell.com>
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"Eloy A. Paris" wrote in message ID <2.2.16.19960621221300.282fc580@zeus.ven.ra.rockwell.com>: > just a dumb question: what's the difference between FreeBSD-stable and > -release? I know what's -current but haven't found anything about -stable. -stable is a source tree like -current. 2.1.0-RELEASE was released from the -stable branch of our source repository. -stable is just a continuance of that branch past the release. (Are you sure this isn't in the docs somewhere? I thought I saw it, but can't remember where now :-( ) > If my system was installed from -release (2.1.0-RELEASE to be exact), do I > need to reinstall the whole system if I want to upgrade to -stable or it is > enough to recompile the kernel in -stable and reboot? You'd be advised to do a `make world' too. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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