Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:47:36 -0800 From: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tracking Security in Ports and Base System Message-ID: <44077608.9000901@chrismaness.com> In-Reply-To: <20060302145304.O49063@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <43EA9782.7060708@chrismaness.com> <20060208203027.H73762@tripel.monochrome.org> <50124.67.126.165.122.1141236591.squirrel@squirrel.kq6up.org> <20060302145304.O49063@tripel.monochrome.org>
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Chris Hill wrote: > On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, chris@chrismaness.com wrote: > > [snip] >> Is my supfile correct to track security for freebsd-6.0? > > [snip] >> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6 > [snip] > > As I understand it, that tag will get you the latest released version > of 6.x. So today it would apply security and bugfix updates for 6.0, > but after 6.1 comes out you would get 6.1, and so on. If you want to > track 6.0 specifically, use RELENG_6_0. Right now there is no > difference between RELENG_6 and RELENG_6_0, but later there will be. > > As everyone else has said, see the Handbook for definitive answers. > > HTH. > > -- > Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org > ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] Yep, I figured that out the hard way with my beta box. It is now at 6.1 -PRERELEASE. Oh, well. Can I downgrade without facing any problems? I changed my production server's sup file to 6_0 and that worked perfect.
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