Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 14:09:25 +0100 From: ian j hart <ianjhart@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: "stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updating RELENG_4_3 Message-ID: <3B62B985.9214D1F5@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk> References: <3B62A31F.7EF92100@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk> <15202.46957.220739.338128@guru.mired.org>
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Mike Meyer wrote: > > ian j hart <ianjhart@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk> types: > > cd /usr/src;make update (CVS) pulls down RELENG_4 not RELENG_4_3. > > There should at least be a warning in UPDATING. Shouldn't > > this be a variable in make.conf? > > cvsup doesn't have an argument to set the tag. Since a single supfile > can fetch multiple collections with different tags, such an argument > doesn't make a lot of sense. > > Which is why make.conf uses the SUPFILE variable to specify a supfile > to use. Either a new file should be added to /usr/share/examples/cvsup > for this branch, or a comment should be added to the stable-supfile. I'm talking about CVS_UPDATE (not SUP_UPDATE), hence the qualification (CVS). > > > While I'm on the subject, different output for uname -a would > > be _really_ useful (4.3-SECURITY?). How else can you tell you > > have RELENG_4_3? > > I think having a name for it would be a good idea in general. For that > new example supfile for example. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- ian j hart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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