cvs tags and versions

[Lowell Gilbert]

"Loren M. Lang" <lorenl at alzatex.com> writes:

> A couple of questions that I could find answers for in the handbook:
> 
> 1.  What are the _BP cvs tags used for in the freebsd cvs repository?

"BranchPoint" -- it's a baseline for creating a set of release tags.
Normally, those tags will only be of interest to release engineers.

> 2.  I've seen someone with a version of FreeBSD 5.2.1-p1.  Is there a
> minor update patch for 5.2.1, or is that just the name of current?

The former.  RELENG_5_2 is the tag for the patches.
[The update may not be that "minor," depending on your particular
needs.  See the release errata.]

> 3.  And on a seperate note, how do I turn off the debugging code in 5.x?
> The kernel has a makeoptions=-g, but it's commented out in my custom
> kernel.  Is there anything else to do?  Will I need to completely build
> world to get my system up to speed.  I have a really old system I'm
> using freebsd on, and the only reason I'm using 5.x is for bluetooth.

See /usr/src/UPDATING