Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 12:22:17 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I am confused about tracking stable Message-ID: <01012012221700.01091@buffy> In-Reply-To: <3A68D275.BB416780@mail.iowna.com> References: <01012000204800.03036@buffy> <20010119154538.A13324@citusc17.usc.edu> <3A68D275.BB416780@mail.iowna.com>
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On Saturday 20 January 2001 00:49, Bill Moran wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 12:20:48AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > Hello > > > I have a 4.0 RELEASE installation. > > > Is tracking STABLE meaningful, since the latest release is 4.2 > > > > Imagine 4.x-RELEASE a single point along a long line called > > "FreeBSD 4.x-STABLE". In other words, every now and then we take a > > snapshot of the current state of the 4.x branch, and call it > > 4.y-RELEASE. The name "4.x-STABLE" means "the 4.x branch after the > > release of 4.x-RELEASE but before 4.(x+1)-RELEASE". So the only > > difference between 4.0-RELEASE and 4.2-RELEASE is that the latter > > is a much newer version of the 4.x codebase. So what you want is in > > fact to update to 4.2-STABLE. > Ok. I have CD of 4.2. release If I want to go from 4.0 release -> 4.2 release with this CD.. is this posible .. my experience of OS updates over many years is not pleasant. I mean updates in place so to speak, rather than a completely new install and post-resurrection of my configuration. Thanks Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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