Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:12:06 -0500 From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net> To: "Rasputin" <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Simple question about cvsup: 4.2R -> STABLE Message-ID: <011a01c0d963$94929d00$7d7885c0@genroco.com> References: <20010510002722.Q825-100000@gateway.bogus> <20010510013144.E313@dataloss.net> <20010510093430.A81309@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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From: "Rasputin" <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> > * Peter van Dijk <peter@dataloss.net> [010510 00:35]: > > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 12:32:33AM +0100, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > > > > I have FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE installed and and want to pass it to STABLE. > > > > > > I have already started cvsup with the stable-supfile configured with > > > "*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4". > > > > > > I want to know if this is correct of should have to upgrade to 4.3R and > > > then pass to the STABLE version. > > > > RELENG_4 is just fine. However, why not go to 4.3R and stay there? > > Because then you don't get an updated system after every cvsup? > It's a lot easier than manually tracking BugTraq and downloading patches by hand. > There is also the RELENG_4_3_0 Branch, whos purpose is to have only security related fixes applied. Scot To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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