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From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: CVsup is installed but what tag= do I need?
Date: 13 Jan 1997 21:10:34 -0800
Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh
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In article <craigs-ya023180001301972326240001@news.os.com>,
Craig Shrimpton <craigs@os.com> wrote:
>Currently I have 2.1.5-STABLE running and I'd like to bring it up to date. 
>I've switched from SUP to CVsup but I'm not sure which release I need to
>specify in the tag= section of the supfile.  I want the most current
>version that is considered stable.  Do I want tag=RELENG_2_1_0 or do I want
>the 2.1.6.1 tag?
>I guess I'm not sure if stable ends at 2.1.6.1 or if it ends at 2.2.0?

As far as i know, -stable ends at 2.1.6.1.

>For example does tag=RELENG_2_1_0 bring me to 2.1.6.1 plus patches or does
>it bring me to the most recent 2.1.5-STABLE?  Or, are those actually the
>same thing?

I have tag=RELENG_2_1_0 and i've been up with -stable as far as i can tell.
I didn't even know there was a tag for 2.1.6.1...

rone
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