Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:18:13 -0400 From: Duane Whitty <duane@greenmeadow.ca> To: mike@ascendency.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports upgrade policy Message-ID: <44167C45.40005@greenmeadow.ca> In-Reply-To: <015601c6473e$36e5c490$0501a8c0@Mike8500> References: <015601c6473e$36e5c490$0501a8c0@Mike8500>
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Mike Loiterman wrote: > This is my supfile: > > *default host=cvsup1.FreeBSD.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs > *default tag=RELENG_6_0 > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > src-all > > *default tag=. > ports-all > doc-all > > I have been using it like this for years, obviously changing to the latest > release tag. I haven't had problem and I'm not having problems, but my > question is this: > > Is it advisable to sync my source to RELEASE, but to CURRENT for ports? > Typically, I upgade my ports a few days after they get updated so I'm always > running the latest version, but would it be better to sync both ports and > source to RELEASE? > Hi Mike, It would be nice I guess if ports were tagged like src but they are not. Basically HEAD is all there is vis-a-vis tags. You can specify a specific date however. Duane > Obviously, it depends, somewhat, on personal choice, but in terms of > stablity and "correctness" which is better? > > ------------------------------ > Mike Loiterman > grantADLER > Tel: 630-302-4944 > Fax: 773-442-0992 > Email: mike@ascendency.net > PGP Key: 0xD1B9D18E > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >
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