Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:34:55 -0500 From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: standard-supfile = stable-supfile with 5.3 ? Message-ID: <20041109163455.GM16345@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> In-Reply-To: <41907C91.9000706@yahoo.com> References: <41907C91.9000706@yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 05:15:13PM +0900, Rob wrote:
> The two files
>
> /usr/src/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
> /usr/src/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile
>
> both have
>
> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5
>
> although the first one claims to download CURRENT.
>
> And, eh, why is the filename "standard-supfile" and
> why not the more obvious "current-supfile" ?
I'm not sure I understand. How was your system brought up to the
new release - was it a CD install or cvsup-ed? If cvsup-ed what did
you use as the tag during the cvsup?
I'm seeing what you expect both in CVS and on a system installed from
CD:
harlow 1 % cd /usr/share/examples/cvsup/
harlow 2 % grep "default release" standard-supfile stable-supfile
standard-supfile:*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_3
stable-supfile:*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5
harlow 3 % uname -a
FreeBSD harlow.cse.buffalo.edu 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #3: Thu Nov 4 16:14:06 EST 2004 root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386
harlow 4 %
The standard-supfile is meant for people who want to track the release
branch as Errata/Security updates get applied to it. The stable-supfile
is meant for people who want to track the *development* branch, which
is not recommended for people who do not have the time to watch over
the freebsd-stable mailing list (on occasion mistakes do happen in the
development branch and other development work can at times cause
glitches people need to be aware of).
--
Ken Smith
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