Re: releases, branches,..
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:02:01 +0200, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > Thank you. I will follow RELEASE than. Also a thanks to Svein. ;-) Is > RELEASE automaticaly set in a fresh FreeBSD install or do I need to > change anything? The freebsd-update program will track RELEASE-p because this is what it can do. It won't follow STABLE because that's not possible with this tool. :-) The common method of "freebsd-update upgrade" (see manpage) will then bring you to 8.1-RELEASE, I think, and will then follow the track of 8.1-RELEASE-p1, -p2, -p3 and so on. You can additionally request a specific release with the -r parameter. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: releases, branches,..
On 8/12/2010 2:02 PM, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: On 12-8-2010 22:53, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:46:18 +0200, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: I'm running 8.1-RELEASE now, but what about security issues found? Which brach do I follow? In this case, use "freebsd-update" to track -RELEASE; you will get the security patches by binary updating, e. g. you can use this tool to get from 8.1-RELEASE to 8.1-RELEASE-p1 without the need to compile anything. See "man freebsd-update" for details. Thank you. I will follow RELEASE than. Also a thanks to Svein. ;-) Is RELEASE automaticaly set in a fresh FreeBSD install or do I need to change anything? uname -raa freebsd-update will update that version you have installed (so yes RELEASE in a fresh install) only with security patches. If a new version comes out you want to upgrade to you would do something like freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.3-RELEASE ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: releases, branches,..
On 12-8-2010 22:53, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:46:18 +0200, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: I'm running 8.1-RELEASE now, but what about security issues found? Which brach do I follow? In this case, use "freebsd-update" to track -RELEASE; you will get the security patches by binary updating, e. g. you can use this tool to get from 8.1-RELEASE to 8.1-RELEASE-p1 without the need to compile anything. See "man freebsd-update" for details. Thank you. I will follow RELEASE than. Also a thanks to Svein. ;-) Is RELEASE automaticaly set in a fresh FreeBSD install or do I need to change anything? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: releases, branches,..
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:46:18 +0200, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > My years of OpenSolaris made me forget the use of releases and branches. > I'm not into too much compiling anymore. I want a stable, but also safe > server. > I'm running 8.1-RELEASE now, but what about security issues found? > What do I need to run if I want the lates and needed security patches? > I do not want to update my system (at least as few times as possible) > Which brach do I follow? I have the feeling that STABLE is too innovative(?) In this case, use "freebsd-update" to track -RELEASE; you will get the security patches by binary updating, e. g. you can use this tool to get from 8.1-RELEASE to 8.1-RELEASE-p1 without the need to compile anything. See "man freebsd-update" for details. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: releases, branches,..
On 12.08.2010 22:46, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > My years of OpenSolaris made me forget the use of releases and branches. > I'm not into too much compiling anymore. I want a stable, but also safe > server. > I'm running 8.1-RELEASE now, but what about security issues found? > What do I need to run if I want the lates and needed security patches? > I do not want to update my system (at least as few times as possible) > Which brach do I follow? I have the feeling that STABLE is too > innovative(?) -RELEASE but keep an eye on the advisories. This comes from someone who's been running RELENG_x for prod setups for more than a decade. //svein -- +---+--- /"\ |Svein Skogen | sv...@d80.iso100.no \ / |Solberg Østli 9| PGP Key: 0xE5E76831 X|2020 Skedsmokorset | sv...@jernhuset.no / \ |Norway | PGP Key: 0xCE96CE13 | | sv...@stillbilde.net ascii | | PGP Key: 0x58CD33B6 ribbon |System Admin | svein-listm...@stillbilde.net Campaign|stillbilde.net | PGP Key: 0x22D494A4 +---+--- |msn messenger: | Mobile Phone: +47 907 03 575 |sv...@jernhuset.no | RIPE handle:SS16503-RIPE +---+--- If you really are in a hurry, mail me at svein-mob...@stillbilde.net This mailbox goes directly to my cellphone and is checked even when I'm not in front of my computer. Picture Gallery: https://gallery.stillbilde.net/v/svein/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: releases and stable for dummies
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 11:06:20AM -0500, Ron Sweeney wrote: > > > Can somebody please give me a brief overview of the roadmap between > releases and stable and how to determine which release is truly STABLE for > a production environment? > > I have struggled making any sense with the number of releases and > documentation. > To make a long story short, a RELEASE is a snapshot of STABLE from a particular moment in time. The development of STABLE is frozen for a couple weeks prior to a RELEASE to make sure that a RELEASE is as stable and bug-free as possible. This is true of the 4.x line of development. For 5.x a RELEASE is a snapshot of CURRENT. The official party line is that 4.x is for production servers, while 5.x is for early adopters, although a fair number of people are using 5.x machines in production environments without issue. See the following link for the rest of the story... http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html Josh Paetzel ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Releases...
On Saturday, 13 December 2003 at 17:11:55 -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > On Saturday, December 13, 2003 4:37 PM, Xpression wrote: >> Hi list, I've donwloading 5.0 Why that? 5.1 has been out for a long time, and 5.2 is just round the corner. >> but yesterday at night give me an error, when I enter the site >> again it was dissapeared, I've checked >> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/index.html and 5.2 isn't there and >> not in the home page too...can anybody tell me which is the lastest >> -STABLE (I was thinking 4.9) ??? > > Yes 4.9 is the official stable production release. All the 5.x > versions are the bleeding edge development versions. That will change with 5.2, hopefully in a week or two. fbsd_, you can do yourself and others a favour by installing the current 5.2 Release Candidate. You'll find the ISOs in ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/5.2. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: Releases...
Yes 4.9 is the official stable production release. All the 5.x versions are the bleeding edge development versions. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Xpression Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 4:37 PM To: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Releases... Hi list, I've donwloading 5.0 but yesterday at night give me an error, when I enter the site again it was dissapeared, I've checked http://www.freebsd.org/releases/index.html and 5.2 isn't there and not in the home page too...can anybody tell me which is the lastest -STABLE (I was thinking 4.9) ??? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
