git: 4099b5c82880 - releng/14.5 - Update in preparation for 14.5-RELEASE

The branch releng/14.5 has been updated by cperciva:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=4099b5c828800776fda3eccd6537ceed638a2a8b

commit 4099b5c828800776fda3eccd6537ceed638a2a8b
Author:     Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-09-04 00:00:00 +0000
Commit:     Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-09-04 00:00:00 +0000

    Update in preparation for 14.5-RELEASE
    
    - Bump BRANCH to RELEASE
    - Add the anticipated RELEASE announcement date
    - Set a static __FreeBSD_version
    
    Approved by:    re (implicit)
    Sponsored by:   OpenSats Initiative
---
 UPDATING                  | 3 +++
 lib/csu/common/crtbrand.S | 2 +-
 sys/conf/newvers.sh       | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 0e3fd5317bb0..9aa2a13afe55 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
 /usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before updating system packages
 and/or ports.
 
+20260908:
+	14.5-RELEASE.
+
 20260727:
 	The wait_for_pids() function in rc.subr, used by rc scripts
 	when stopping or restarting a service, has been modified to
diff --git a/lib/csu/common/crtbrand.S b/lib/csu/common/crtbrand.S
index a06f72daa99d..cc1a93450ae4 100644
--- a/lib/csu/common/crtbrand.S
+++ b/lib/csu/common/crtbrand.S
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 	.4byte		NT_FREEBSD_ABI_TAG
 1:	.asciz		NOTE_FREEBSD_VENDOR
 2:	.p2align	2
-3:	.4byte		__FreeBSD_version
+3:	.4byte		1405000
 4:
 
 	.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
index 94e36890c2cc..8de107f375fb 100644
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 TYPE="FreeBSD"
 REVISION="14.5"
-BRANCH="RC1"
+BRANCH="RELEASE"
 if [ -n "${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}" ]; then
 	BRANCH=${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}
 fi