From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 10 10:14:29 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 78C1116A401 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:14:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF4B443D45 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:14:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.pc (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.6/8.13.6/Debian-1) with ESMTP id k3AADrDW031377 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:14:01 +0300 Received: from gothmog.pc (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.pc (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k3AAEq2W022703; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:14:52 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.pc (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k3AAEnKv022702; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:14:49 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:14:49 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Jonathan Horne Message-ID: <20060410101449.GA22530@gothmog.pc> References: <43461.208.11.134.3.1144443260.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> <20060407213423.GB96006@gothmog.pc> <200604071911.49662.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200604071911.49662.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.379, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.82, BAYES_00 -2.60, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE 0.20) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a few questions and concepts X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:14:29 -0000 On 2006-04-07 19:11, Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Friday 07 April 2006 16:34, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > so, the past couple of days, i have learned to cvsup my /usr/src > > > directories. ive just been using the standard copy of the > > > stable-supfile. i have learned that if i perform the sendmail recompile > > > after the cvsup, that it sendmail seems to proclaim 8.13.6 in the banner. > > > on top of that, i have learned that if i recompile the kernel after > > > cvsup, that it no longer says FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, but FreeBSD > > > 6.1-PRERELEASE. > > > > You are running RELENG_6 now, which is much more recent than > > RELENG_6_0_RELEASE. > > [...] > ill grasp the method of the madness eventually. i guess what confuses me, is > that i read about those, and then try to find them on the ftp sites. i > assume, that only release is made into a .iso file? and to move to a higher > version (either the security RELENG_6_0 or stable RELENG_6), you do this thru > the cvsup tool. > > so, by your descriptions and reply to my previous comments, my system that is > running what says 6.1-PRERELEASE is really RELENG_6 (stable) ? 100% correct. This is exactly what "stable-supfile" fetches for you :)