Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:29:48 +0100 From: a@jenisch.at To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@cryptosphere.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Staying current with 4.9 - which supfile? Message-ID: <20031121152948.GB2960@athena.oekb.co.at> In-Reply-To: <20031121135155.GC81136@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20031121112758.GA2960@athena.oekb.co.at> <20031121135155.GC81136@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 01:51:55PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:27:58PM +0100, a@jenisch.at wrote:
>
> > In order to keep a 4.9 system current - do I need to use the
> > "standard-supfile" or "stable-supfile" with cvsup?
>
> That depends on whether you want 4.9-STABLE (stable-supfile), which is
> the latest incarnation of the 4-STABLE branch, or whether you want
> 4.9-RELEASE-pX (standard-supfile) which is the 4.9-RELEASE system plus
> security patches only.
> ...
> 4-STABLE receives new functionality, upgrades to software and so
> forth. 4.9-RELEASE doesn't.
Hi Matthew,
Thanks much for the hints. After going through the explanations of the
FreeBSD handbook ("difference between STABLE and CURRENT") one more
time, re-reading your email there are some questions remaining - maybe
you could comment on this just to make things clear:
When I installed 4.9 from the CD (originally .iso pulled down from
freebsd.org) this was 4.9-STABLE (i.e. 4.9-RELEASE as it was an
official release)?
When doing a CVS-upgrade on this installation with "stable-supfile" I
get any "feature-enhancements"/program upgrades in the 4.9 line plus
any bug fixes on 4.9?
But how - if at all - does "CURRENT" come in? Or does "CURRENT" wrt my
installed 4.9 only relate to 5.x?
(Sorry if these questions sound dumb, but I didn't find any
comprehensive explanation about the differences between
stable/current/release/standard)
Thanks much in advance for your help,
-ewald
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