On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 10:32:06AM -0400, Galella, Anthony wrote:
> In the release notes, it says "This distribution of FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE is
> a ``point release'' "

a point release - the previous release with security/significant bug fixes
                  that are significant enough that the release engineers and
                  the developer community saw the need for a release with
                  the necessary fixes.

> 
> Does this mean you need to "upgrade" a 4.6 machine to 4.6.2 ?

It is highly recommended that a 4.6-RELEASE machine be upgraded to 4.6.2, 
unless the 4.6 machine is not connected to a network and is sitting it a darke
room without power. :)

> If this is the case, why do the iso's allow a full install. (I just
> installed 4.6.2 on a machine with a blank hard disk)  I guess parts will be
> missing?

4.6.2 is a full release, all -RELEASE's are full releases. It is 4.6-RELEASE 
with some fixes that needed to be made (security fixes found after -RELEASE 
that were significant enough to need an update to the original -RELEASE).

> 
> Could someone clarify? This may have been covered awhile ago, but I seem to
> have missed it, and cannot find an answer in the archives.

It is in the archives.

> 
> 
> Thanks
> Anthony J. Galella
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