Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:58:27 -0400 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: base source: release vs releng Message-ID: <132dbb9f-55ce-7400-0409-4e5012e74ed9@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <86h99cg6u3.fsf@WorkBox.Home> References: <46503065-0829-9481-0ec2-e41ae71e3756@columbus.rr.com> <20160918015028.5616cf0c.freebsd@edvax.de> <d34e9cb2-95cd-cdab-b511-21e2c126ab72@columbus.rr.com> <86h99cg6u3.fsf@WorkBox.Home>
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On 09/18/16 18:51, Brandon Wandersee wrote: > Baho Utot writes: > >> Ok I am still confused >> >> svn.freebsd.org has for example ( if I got this correct ) >> >> base/head - CURRENT-12 >> base/stable/11 - STABLE-11 >> base/releng/10.1 - ? >> base/release/10.1.0 - ? >> >> Which one would have FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p35 or later? > The short answer is that you want the "releng/x.x" branch. > > The long answer is that the "release/x.x" branch in the SVN repo is the > snapshot from which the x.x-RELEASE installation images are built. It is > the point in development at which FreeBSD x.x is "born" and actually > released. From there, the x.x Subversion repo branches off into > "releng/x.x," where security and bug-fix patches are applied. > > Checking the source out from release/10.1 and building would give you a > system identical to clean install of 10.1 (excepting any configurations > you have in place). releng/10.1 will give you 10.1 with all the latest > security and bug fixes. And so it is with all -RELEASEs. > Ok I have that sorted out now. Thank you
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