From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 13 13:28:40 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 882F737B401 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:28:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B32043F13 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:28:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scott.mitchell@mail.com) Received: from fishballoon.dyndns.org ([80.4.125.54]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20030113212830.ZJXM20174.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@fishballoon.dyndns.org>; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:28:30 +0000 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara [192.168.1.6]) by fishballoon.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h0DLUabO054435; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:30:36 GMT (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0DLUcO8084180; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:30:38 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:30:38 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: JoeB Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Matthew Seaman Subject: Re: /usr/src/UPDATING Message-ID: <20030113213038.GC29004@fishballoon.dyndns.org> References: <20030113170848.GA1302@gothmog.gr> <20030113202241.GA11756@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030113202241.GA11756@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 08:22:41PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 01:00:20PM -0500, JoeB wrote: > > Thanks this is what I was looking for, But after viewing > > the URL you posted I see info for all the releases of FBSD. > > I thought the /usr/src/UPDATING file that was on the > > install CD for FBSD 4.7 only contained the detail info > > on the updates to create FBSD 4.7 since the FBSD 4.6 release > > was frozen? > > The UPDATING file dates back to before 4.0-RELEASE, and contains notes > of various modifications to the source that may cause problems to > people updating their systems, as well as various other notes useful > in that situation. > > Did you perhaps mean the release notes: > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.7R/relnotes-i386.html which list the > changes made to the system since the previous release? > > Cheers, > > Matthew Or, if you just wanted the version of UPDATING that was on the 4.7 CDs, scroll to the bottom of http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/UPDATING, select 'RELENG_4_7' in the 'View only Branch' box and hit the 'Set' button. I assume that the CDs would have been cut using the RELENG_4_7_0_RELEASE tag, so the version you want is probably the last one on the page, 1.73.2.74. I suspect Matthew is right and you were really looking for the release notes, though. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message