From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 19:22:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19FD237B401 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 19:22:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ece.cmu.edu (ECE.CMU.EDU [128.2.136.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 624DB43F75 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 19:22:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from allbery@ece.cmu.edu) Received: from rushlight (allbery@allbery.dsl.telerama.com [205.201.8.182]) (authenticated) by ece.cmu.edu (8.11.0/8.10.2) with ESMTP id h5E2M3320907; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 22:22:03 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brandon S. Allbery " KF8NH To: Richard Schilling In-Reply-To: <20030614021609.GM16068@foghorn.rsmba.biz> References: <20030614021609.GM16068@foghorn.rsmba.biz> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1055557325.57122.9.camel@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 13 Jun 2003 22:22:05 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: exact difference between RELENG_4, RELENG_4_5 . . . RELENG_4_8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 02:22:06 -0000 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]