From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 21 22:33:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA00286 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 22:33:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA00277 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 22:32:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (palmer.demon.co.uk [158.152.50.150]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id WAA24305 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 22:32:48 -0700 Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (sendmail/PALMER-2) with ESMTP id GAA17852; Sat, 22 Jun 1996 06:28:21 +0100 (BST) To: "Eloy A. Paris" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Difference between -stable and -release? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:54:34 EDT." <2.2.16.19960621221300.282fc580@zeus.ven.ra.rockwell.com> Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 06:28:20 +0100 Message-ID: <17850.835421300@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "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