Date: 13 Jun 2003 22:22:05 -0400 From: "Brandon S. Allbery " KF8NH <allbery@ece.cmu.edu> To: Richard Schilling <rschi@rsmba.biz> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: exact difference between RELENG_4, RELENG_4_5 . . . RELENG_4_8 Message-ID: <1055557325.57122.9.camel@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net> In-Reply-To: <20030614021609.GM16068@foghorn.rsmba.biz> References: <20030614021609.GM16068@foghorn.rsmba.biz>
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On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 22:16, Richard Schilling wrote: > If I specify RELENG_4 will cvsup also include RELENG_4_3 to RELENG_4_8? RELENG_4 gets the current version of -STABLE, which will include all security fixes. RELENG_4_* tags are only updated to cover critical fixes, so people can update production machines without having to track -STABLE (which sometimes changes more than one might wish, especially after a new 4.x release if one cannot immediately upgrade a production server). -- brandon s allbery [openafs/solaris/japh/freebsd] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [linux/heimdal/too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering KF8NH carnegie mellon university [better check the oblivious first -ke6sls]
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