Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:39:03 +0900 From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: names of supfiles in /usr/share/examples/cvsup Message-ID: <41B40C97.7000102@yahoo.com>
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Hi, For 5.3 in /usr/share/examples/cvsup, there's: stable-supfile : for FreeBSD-stable standard-supfile : for FreeBSD-current I find this naming rather confusing. Why "stable" refers to STABLE, but "standard" refers to CURRENT ? This causes unnecessary confusion. Why not the following name convention: release-supfile : for FreeBSD-RELEASE stable-supfile : for FreeBSD-STABLE current-supfile : for FreeBSD-CURRENT as default supplied files in /usr/share/examples/cvsup ? At least the naming of files is then very obvious for people who start learning about the cvsup stuff. ------------- Another point, which I miss in the guidelines for using these files: I would advice people to do one of following (whatever appropriate) cvsup -h your.nearest.server.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/release-supfile cvsup -h your.nearest.server.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile cvsup -h your.nearest.server.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/current-supfile instead of copying the files and edit them. Usually one only needs to modify the server's hostname; the -h option can do that in an easier way. Regards, Rob.
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