Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:12:43 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: Allen <doomnix@comcast.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup update or upgrade Message-ID: <20080201131243.GA35255@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20080131195749.0b6f551d@makeworld.com> References: <1201823233.15358.40.camel@Caffiend.org> <20080131195749.0b6f551d@makeworld.com>
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 07:57:49PM -0600, Chris typed: > NOTE: I don't use mergemaster unless I go from say 6.3 to 7.0 Not wise. New features and fixes are applied to configuration files and rc scripts regu;arly. You'll probably miss them. > STABLE is the security fix branch. Wrong. According to the handbook: 23.2.2.1 What Is FreeBSD-STABLE? FreeBSD-STABLE is our development branch from which major releases are made. Changes go into this branch at a different pace, and with the general assumption that they have first gone into FreeBSD-CURRENT for testing. This is still a development branch, however, and this means that at any given time, the sources for FreeBSD-STABLE may or may not be suitable for any particular purpose. It is simply another engineering development track, not a resource for end-users. RELENG_6 is STABLE RELENG_6_3 is for security fixes regards, Ruben
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