* Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20041018 10:58]: wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:44:31AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > > I installed 5.3Beta7 on a box I have here. I have UPDATED the box > > twice now using cvsup, and using: > > > > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 > > > > > > Now, the output of `uname -a` says the box is: > > > > > > FreeBSD sqlserve.wananchi.com 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #1: Mon Oct 18 > > 08:30:11 EAT 2004 \ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SQLSRV i386 > > > > > > > > I am not sure how correct this is. Did I screw up with the RELENG tag? > > No -- that's expected. Once the RELENG_5_3 branch was created, the > RELENG_5 branch would be relabeld as -STABLE. Note that these are > just technical changes to the CVS repository and that all they do is > presage the actual release/launch of those OS versions. ie. You might > be seeing 5.3-STABLE in your uname(1) output, but it isn't official > until the project announces it. > > If your eventual aim is to install 5.3-RELEASE, this would be a good > time to change your supfile to track RELENG_5_3. Again -- that's just > producing release candidates at the moment: the release isn't official > until it's announced. >
Thank you for clarifying! I need the 5.3-RELEASE, so I am changing to RELENG_5_3 -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ God is a comic playing to an audience that's afraid to laugh. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"