Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:12:53 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> To: Christopher San Diego <toppy@toppy.port5.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0503211008060.5467@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> In-Reply-To: <87acoxms93.fsf@sid.sandiego.loc> References: <87acoxms93.fsf@sid.sandiego.loc>
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Christopher San Diego wrote: > I'm a confused newbie whose been (re)installing FreeBSD 5.3 Release > for the past week or two. > > I've read the handbook and various other documents concerning updating > FreeBSD only to learn that -STABLE and -CURRENT are both development > branches. Take a look at what RELENG_5 and RELENG_5_3 means. That might make it clearer for you what release you want to track. RELENG_5 gets you a stable system with developments (5.4), RELENG_5_3 will get you a stable system with important fixes (5.3) last time I looked. CURRENT is some version of 6.0 or other. The difference in a major release number might give you an idea of which you'd like to follow. I never understood those CURRENT, STABLE or WHATEVER either. But, learn about what RELENG you'll need and I think you'll be fine. There are a lot of good webpages out there, and some official documentation on what the different branches means. /Andreas -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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