Date: 29 Jun 2003 10:58:38 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup tag for 4.8-STABLE? Message-ID: <44ptkx9bhd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20030629073353.GA19967@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <477C2468-A9B7-11D7-B4C5-003065A51656@mac.com> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306290053590.11189-100000@relay.boerde.de> <20030629073353.GA19967@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> writes:
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 12:57:15AM +0200, Frank Reppin wrote:
> > On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Gregory Norman wrote:
>
> > > On the same note, will *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_8 work to
> > > update from 4.4 Release to 4.8 Stable?
>
> > yup, it will do the job - involving the required commands
> > ofcourse (buildworld, buildkernel, installkernel and so on).
> > Read through /usr/src/UPDATING if any special requirements
> > have to be satisfied before)
>
> Errr... tag=RELENG_4_8 will get you 4.8-RELEASE. If you want
> 4.8-STABLE, use tag=RELENG_4
Not quite.
To quote the handbook:
RELENG_4_8
The release branch for FreeBSD-4.8, used only for security
advisories and other seriously critical fixes.
and
RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE
FreeBSD 4.8
[i.e., the latter is the actual release, and the former is the
"release branch," which continues to get updated -- but only for
essential changes -- after the actual release.]
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