Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:13:30 -0500 From: "Joseph E. Royce" <joe@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> To: Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What happened to 4.2-Stable via cvsup? Message-ID: <20010430091330.A24627@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> In-Reply-To: <m1k842zfmp.fsf@zaphod.realtime.co.uk>; from wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:22:38PM %2B0100 References: <006d01c0c7d1$b63e91a0$2903010a@atg.altayer.com> <20010418013943.A27793@xor.obsecurity.org> <m1k842zfmp.fsf@zaphod.realtime.co.uk>
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You didn't look hard enough. :) http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#RELEASE-CANDIDATE -Joe On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:22:38PM +0100, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes: > > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 10:32:37AM +0400, dotslash wrote: > > > I installed 4.2-Release from CD and wanting it to be 4.2-Stable I did a > > > cvsup (tag=RELENG_4) for the sources and was suprised to see after booting > > > that I have 4.3-RC now. > > > > > > What happened to 4.2-Stable? I thought that for those who want to follow > > > STABLE via cvsup this is the way to go. > > > > See the FAQ. > > You'd think that would be a useful answer, but it's not. I've searched > (for cvsup and relen) in the installation, hardware compatibility, > troubleshooting, commercial applications, user applications, kernel > configuration, system administration and misc. questions sections of > the faq so far, and I haven't found an answer. And searching through > my list archives gets me 'see the faq'! Bah. Why bother archiving the > list then ? > > Looking at the handbook, I see the following : > > tag=RELENG_4 > > The line of development for FreeBSD-4.X, also known as FreeBSD-STABLE. > > If this is not the case, then handbook should be updated. Tell me who > to submit the fix to, the format for the submission (sgml I assume), > and what the correct answer is, and I'll do it. > > Now that I am done ranting, could anyone please tell me what the tag > line should be to ensure that my servers stay on stable and don't > accidentally get moved to a BETA or RC next time I am upgrading to fix > something like ipf. > > Thanks, > > -- > - Wayne Pascoe > E-mail: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk > Phone : +44 (0) 20 7544 4668 > Mobile: +44 (0) 788 431 1675 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kerr's Three Rules for a Successful College: Have plenty of football for the alumni, sex for the students, and parking for the faculty. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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