Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 22:10:54 -0500 From: Travis Troyer <troyertm@email.uc.edu> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CVSup Tags and release status Message-ID: <3E5598BE.2030200@email.uc.edu> References: <3E559505.6030703@email.uc.edu> <20030221030447.GA9846@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:55:01PM -0500, Travis Troyer wrote: > > >>This says that RELENG_4 is for FreeBSD-STABLE and that RELENG_5_0 is >>"used only for security advisories and other seriously critical fixes." >> Is this still the case now that 5.0 is the current release version? I >>installed FreeBSD using the 5.0-Release ISO and want the most current, >>but stable packages, so I'm not sure which tag to use. > > > There's no such thing as "stable packages", because the ports > collection is not branched. So what tag should I use for "FreeBSD-STABLE," as the handbook refers to it? Is RELENG_4 still correct? >>Also, I'm trying to install NVidia's geforce driver, which says it is >>for FreeBSD -STABLE version 4.7 or later. When I try to compile it, it >>says that "This driver does not support FreeBSD 5.0/-CURRENT!" If I >>installed FreeBSD from the 5.0-Release ISO, wouldn't I be running >>5.0-Stable and not 5.0-Current? > > > No, but anyway the point is that Nvidia doesn't support 5.0-anything. > The driver will probably work if you remove the warning, but you're on > your own support-wise. > > Kris > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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