Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:40:27 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "pobox@verysmall.org" <pobox@verysmall.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to apply a patch set Message-ID: <450DCEDB.9080301@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <450DC9D9.6050000@verysmall.org> References: <450DC9D9.6050000@verysmall.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig62E1CCA4E64708C67B4B7495 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable pobox@verysmall.org wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p' > followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it= > did not work. >=20 > I cvsup-ed the src using the standard 'stable-supfile' with '*default > release=3Dcvs tag=3DRELENG_5_5' - then I rebuild world. >=20 > Now 'uname -a' reports 'FreeBSD 5.5 STABLE #0'. Before it was 'FreeBSD > 5.5 RELEASE #0'. So instead of applying patch set I have moved to 'STAB= LE'. >=20 > Could somebody tell me what have I done wrong? Actually - what is the > difference between the 'pX' and the '#X' after the version? You've shifted your self onto the RELENG_5 code branch rather than the RELENG_5_5 branch. RELENG_5 is most of the time going to give you a system version of 5.5-STABLE. RELENG_5_5 gives you 5.5-RELEASE-pX. As 5.5-RELEASE is has apparently been the last ever release of FreeBSD 5.x, you'll find that there isn't actually that much difference between 5.5-STABLE and 5.5-RELEASE-pX. If you'ld been talking about RELENG_6 versus RELENG_6_1 then as that that includes some very active development on RELENG_6 then things would be different. The '#N' business after the version number is a counter showing how=20 many times you've updated your kernel. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig62E1CCA4E64708C67B4B7495 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFDc7i8Mjk52CukIwRCLUDAJ92RKgqXjEbgbDuKn3r6iuOGdTC+ACfdaHc faqmJlS6Pc7VyVD5EZSM8/c= =7XHo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig62E1CCA4E64708C67B4B7495--
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