how to apply a patch set

[pobox at verysmall.org]

Matthew Seaman wrote:
> pobox at verysmall.org wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p'
>> followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it
>> did not work.
>>
>> I cvsup-ed the src using the standard 'stable-supfile' with '*default
>> release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5' - then I rebuild world.
>>
>> Now 'uname -a' reports 'FreeBSD 5.5 STABLE #0'. Before it was 'FreeBSD
>> 5.5 RELEASE #0'. So instead of applying patch set I have moved to 'STABLE'.
>>
>> Could somebody tell me what have I done wrong? Actually - what is the
>> difference between the 'pX' and the '#X' after the version?
> 
> You've shifted your self onto the RELENG_5 code branch rather than the
> RELENG_5_5 branch.

Yes... but how did it happen after I instructed the supfile to get 
'RELENG_5_5'?

Actually in the examples/cvsup I did not find any example how to do 
'release'.

Thank you for the other answers!
Iv.