Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:48:32 +0200 From: "pobox@verysmall.org" <pobox@verysmall.org> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to apply a patch set Message-ID: <450DD0C0.3060609@verysmall.org> In-Reply-To: <450DCEDB.9080301@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <450DC9D9.6050000@verysmall.org> <450DCEDB.9080301@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: > pobox@verysmall.org wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p' >> followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it >> did not work. >> >> I cvsup-ed the src using the standard 'stable-supfile' with '*default >> release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5' - then I rebuild world. >> >> Now 'uname -a' reports 'FreeBSD 5.5 STABLE #0'. Before it was 'FreeBSD >> 5.5 RELEASE #0'. So instead of applying patch set I have moved to 'STABLE'. >> >> Could somebody tell me what have I done wrong? Actually - what is the >> difference between the 'pX' and the '#X' after the version? > > You've shifted your self onto the RELENG_5 code branch rather than the > RELENG_5_5 branch. Yes... but how did it happen after I instructed the supfile to get 'RELENG_5_5'? Actually in the examples/cvsup I did not find any example how to do 'release'. Thank you for the other answers! Iv.
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