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Date:      Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:54:16 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tracking cvsup p5 vs STABLE ?
Message-ID:  <20050117225416.GD31567@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20050117164343.00c00a28@cheyenne.wixb.com>

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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


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