Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:03:07 -0600 From: "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tracking cvsup p5 vs STABLE ? Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20050117170242.00c16b48@cheyenne.wixb.com> In-Reply-To: <20050117225416.GD31567@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20050117164343.00c00a28@cheyenne.wixb.com> <20050117225416.GD31567@xor.obsecurity.org>
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At 04:54 PM 1/17/2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 04:46:24PM -0600, J.D. Bronson wrote: > > can someone explain to me the difference here: > > > > FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p5 > > > > vs > > > > FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE > > > > > > ..I wanted to track 5.3-STABLE, but when I did that I didnt get some of > the > > newer files (still unknown why). I was especially interested in the SMP > > fixes. > > > > > > I was having random reboots and wanted to start with a fresh 5.3 install > > and then cvsup from there, but when I tracked STABLE, I didnt get some of > > the files that 5.3-REL tracking gave me. > > > > Am I missing something here? > > > > I dont want to be on BLEEDING edge, but on something more than 5.3-REL and > > yet stable. > >This is described in the handbook. Ask if you have more questions >once you've read the relevant chapter. > >Kris well it (the book) could be clearer. Your prior post explained the most to me. -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Email: jd@aurora.org // Pager: 414.314.8282 AIM:lonebanditusa // MSN:lonebanditusa@msn.com // Yahoo:lonebanditusa
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