Re: update confusion 4.8-STABLE to STABLE = 4.9-PRERELEASE !?

2003-10-19 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:29:20PM +0300, Alin-Adrian Anton wrote: Hey guys, Look what happened to me. I had a nice (cute) 4.8-STABLE. From time to time, I update it via cvsup. Ports to CURRENT, system sources to STABLE. Last time I updated from cvsup2.freebsd.org (I tried another one

update confusion 4.8-STABLE to STABLE = 4.9-PRERELEASE !?

2003-10-07 Thread Luke Sheppard
I just want to say Thank You for posting this: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-questions/2003-October/02 1196.html I've read two books on FreeBSD and a lot of the Handbook, but I was still confused about this issue. The exact same thing happened to me that happned to the original

update confusion 4.8-STABLE to STABLE = 4.9-PRERELEASE !?

2003-10-02 Thread Alin-Adrian Anton
Hey guys, Look what happened to me. I had a nice (cute) 4.8-STABLE. From time to time, I update it via cvsup. Ports to CURRENT, system sources to STABLE. Last time I updated from cvsup2.freebsd.org (I tried another one closer too, same result), and hah , after a buildworld, i had a brand new

Re: update confusion 4.8-STABLE to STABLE = 4.9-PRERELEASE !?

2003-10-02 Thread JacobRhoden
RELENG_4 has had various names over the past year or so... The name changes over time. If you think about it 4.9-PRERELEASE and 4.9-RELEASE for that matter are just snapshots/images of the 4.x branch at a certian date. 4.7-RC ... 4.7-PRERELEASE ... 4.7-STABLE 4.8-RC and so on On

Re: update confusion 4.8-STABLE to STABLE = 4.9-PRERELEASE !?

2003-10-02 Thread Alin-Adrian Anton
JacobRhoden wrote: RELENG_4 has had various names over the past year or so... The name changes over time. If you think about it 4.9-PRERELEASE and 4.9-RELEASE for that matter are just snapshots/images of the 4.x branch at a certian date. 4.7-RC ... 4.7-PRERELEASE ... 4.7-STABLE 4.8-RC

Re: update confusion 4.8-STABLE to STABLE = 4.9-PRERELEASE !?

2003-10-02 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:29:20PM +0300, Alin-Adrian Anton wrote: Look what happened to me. I had a nice (cute) 4.8-STABLE. From time to time, I update it via cvsup. Ports to CURRENT, system sources to STABLE. Last time I updated from cvsup2.freebsd.org (I tried another one closer too,

Re: update confusion 4.8-STABLE to STABLE = 4.9-PRERELEASE !?

2003-10-02 Thread JacobRhoden
On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 07:55 pm, Alin-Adrian Anton wrote: Ok got it. So the name -STABLE does not necessary mean the system is more stable than a PRERELEASE? I don't think a few security patches shall bring the system in an unstable state. And if the pathes are installed, the system name will

Re: update confusion 4.8-STABLE to STABLE = 4.9-PRERELEASE !?

2003-10-02 Thread Alin-Adrian Anton
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