From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Wed May 18 10:33:39 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C81C6B40111 for ; Wed, 18 May 2016 10:33:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mailinglists@toco-domains.de) Received: from toco-domains.de (mail.toco-domains.de [176.9.39.170]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92D1913AE for ; Wed, 18 May 2016 10:33:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mailinglists@toco-domains.de) Received: from [0.0.0.0] (mail.toco-domains.de [IPv6:2a01:4f8:150:50a5::6]) by toco-domains.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id E086E1AAF016 for ; Wed, 18 May 2016 12:33:30 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: Using the subversion switch command to keep up with quarterly branches To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <3e513789-06c0-b6fb-ddb6-549aae1cec55@bluerosetech.com> From: Torsten Zuehlsdorff Message-ID: <5e17e13c-4820-501a-6327-3f00570e5236@toco-domains.de> Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 12:33:28 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3e513789-06c0-b6fb-ddb6-549aae1cec55@bluerosetech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 10:33:39 -0000 Hello Mel, > I track the quarterly ports branches so that I can build ports from the > same tree as binary packages so that I don't, for example, have to build > all 2783 packages on my dev VM, just the 13 where I need non-default > options. Yes I know, "That is not the intended use, ma'am," blah blah > void my warranty, etc. This is a dev/preprod instance, I am TRYING to > break it. > > Since the current quarter's branch name changes each quarter (2016Q1, > 2016Q2), you can't just relocate and update, you need to use the switch > command. I really just want to keep up with the current quarter and > would like to take advantage of already having most of the branch > already downloaded. > > Is it safe to use the switch command to jump ports quarterly branches > (assuming a read-only check-out), or are there special gotchas in how > FreeBSD is doing the branches? Yes, this should be safe. I use the switch command in many different projects and it always works fine. Even with local modifications the switch works good. Greetings, Torsten