Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 00:20:52 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: Paul Dufresne <dufresnep@fastmail.fm>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What is 5.4 p2 ? Message-ID: <F64A1FE0-4B29-4B3B-BF6C-E6DFCFAB5755@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <1118557000.32245.236172918@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <5EEBE9C3C61D1142994C6B620C51E847110B80@depot.weblinkmo.com> <17059.37867.174248.688500@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <42A3A5F4.8090807@gmail.com> <20050606023235.GA81334@osiris.chen.org.nz> <42A3B9B6.5070800@gmail.com> <20050606025554.GB81546@osiris.chen.org.nz> <42A3BCF9.8090200@gmail.com> <42A3CBF8.5020809@daleco.biz> <5fee5e3005060612044d4197fe@mail.gmail.com> <42AB694C.4040302@gmail.com> <1118550208.28396.236171067@webmail.messagingengine.com> <42ABBE3B.6000903@gmail.com> <1118557000.32245.236172918@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On Jun 12, 2005, at 12:16 AM, Paul Dufresne wrote: > > On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 18:46:51 -1000, "Robert Marella" > <rmarella@gmail.com> said: > >> Paul Dufresne wrote: >> >>>> and more curious. I updated one of my systems to 5.4 p2 today >>>> >>> >>> >>> Being a newcomer to FreeBSD, I understand about Release version, >>> STABLE version and CURRENT one. But I don't understand this >>> p2 you are refering to. >>> I could guess it means point release 2, so I checked: >>> http://www.freebsd.org/where.html >>> But files seems to be for 5.4-RELEASe still from May 8. >>> >>> So what is 5.4 p2 ? >>> >>> >> >> robert@p4:~> uname -a >> FreeBSD p4.konav201.local 5.4-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p2 >> #1: Fri >> Jun 10 11:45:43 HST 2005 >> root@p4.konav201.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/P4-5_4REL i386 >> >> It is my understanding that the p# stands for the second patch to 5.4 >> Release. Correct me if I am wrong. >> >> Robert >> > > Hum, let me reformulate this in my own words, to see if I > understand. You are running 5-STABLE, and this is the second > time 5-STABLE was generated from RELENG_5 branch since 5.4 > was released. > (I did looked at http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html > to write this) Almost. This is the second patch update to RELENG_5_4 (since it is 5.4-RELEASE-p2 and not 5.4-STABLE-p2) 5.4-RELEASE gets updated with important security and bug fixes but not everything that goes into -STABLE. That is how I understand it. Chad > > Ok, fine, I was thinking that maybe there was some kind > of 5.4.2 release, but no, there will be no official release > to 5.4 until 5.5. > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for > free > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net
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