Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 09:07:38 -0500 From: Jim Mock <jim@geekhouse.net> To: Benjamin Ossei <ben@cahostnet.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: STABLE Branch Message-ID: <20010206090738.A6041@guinness.osdn.com> In-Reply-To: <20010206132537.23D2036F9@sitemail.everyone.net>; from ben@cahostnet.net on Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 05:25:37AM -0800 References: <20010206132537.23D2036F9@sitemail.everyone.net>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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