Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:00:09 -0800 From: "Ahmad Arafat Abdullah" <trunasuci@mail.com> To: "pobox@verysmall.org" <pobox@verysmall.org>, "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to apply a patch set Message-ID: <20060918020009.B12141CE304@ws1-6.us4.outblaze.com>
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> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "pobox@verysmall.org" <pobox@verysmall.org> > To: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> > Subject: Re: how to apply a patch set > Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:48:32 +0200 >=20 >=20 > Matthew Seaman wrote: > > pobox@verysmall.org wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p' > >> followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it > >> did not work. > >> > >> I cvsup-ed the src using the standard 'stable-supfile' with '*default > >> release=3Dcvs tag=3DRELENG_5_5' - then I rebuild world. > >> > >> Now 'uname -a' reports 'FreeBSD 5.5 STABLE #0'. Before it was 'FreeBSD > >> 5.5 RELEASE #0'. So instead of applying patch set I have moved to 'STA= BLE'. > >> > >> Could somebody tell me what have I done wrong? Actually - what is the > >> difference between the 'pX' and the '#X' after the version? > > > > You've shifted your self onto the RELENG_5 code branch rather than the > > RELENG_5_5 branch. >=20 > Yes... but how did it happen after I instructed the supfile to get=20 > 'RELENG_5_5'? >=20 > Actually in the examples/cvsup I did not find any example how to do 'rele= ase'. >=20 > Thank you for the other answers! > Iv. i think I've read abt this long time ago.. but not pretty sure ( someone co= rrect me if I'm wrong ).. u can try: *default release=3Dcvs tag=3DRELENG_5_5_RELEASE anyway i never tried this! and i never encounter the prob u'va said since 4= .x ---> 6.1 ( and I'm normally/mostly using -pX than STABLE for my prod server ). Seems= your method/tag tag=3DRELENG_5_5 is correct way to patch to -pX, i can't find any reason wh= y your system "patched" into STABLE... could u please copy+paste here your stable-supfile config? TQ --=20 ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com
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