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Date:      Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:14:25 -0000
From:      Philip Payne <Philip.Payne@uk.uu.net>
To:        "'Tuc'" <tuc@ttsg.com>, Philip Payne <Philip.Payne@uk.uu.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: CVSUP of 4.7 only?
Message-ID:  <36D04A8168B2D41182250008C7E6F8780374F4D1@ukcamexch2.cbg.uk.corp.eu.uu.net>

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> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-
> tags.html
> > 
> 	So if I read it right:
> 
> 	RELENG_4_7_0_RELEASE - First ever 4.7 release. Oldest and never
> updated past that day it was tagged
> 
> 	RELENG_4_7 - More current than _RELEASE, but only with critical
> updates.
> 
> 	RELENG_4 - More current than 4_7, has non critical updates and
> tweaks, but doesn't guarantee it being 4_7 branch.
> 

Sounds right.

> 	So there isn't a way to make sure I stay in 4.7, but get all the
> fixes, right?

Well... that would surely be RELENG_4_7 i.e. the 4.7 release + security
fixes required.

As soon as you want general updates to the system then you're talking about
moving from 4.7-Release onto the 4-Stable branch. 

I'm no FreeBSD developer so if someone wants to explain better what each of
the tags means feel free.

Phil.


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