Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 16:11:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Darrel <levitch@iglou.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [solved]: to move csup 90 to subversion 91rc Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.2.00.1209031554040.23331@shell1> In-Reply-To: <44k3wazyis.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <alpine.GSO.2.00.1209031147260.6464@shell1> <44ehmj1354.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <5044DC50.7020806@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.GSO.2.00.1209031342130.6464@shell1> <44k3wazyis.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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>>> >>> stable/9 is the SVN equivalent of RELENG_9 src only, understood now. Thanks, Matthew. > Yes. There is never any branching in the ports tree. The latest (i.e., > head) version is, at any given time, expected to work for all (then) > supported versions of the base system. > > This is not a change -- this has always been the case, and the current > (cvsup-centric) text in the Handbook describes it explicitly. > same as nbsd, then. I probably need to read fbsd handbook again >> It turns out that mergemaster would have been alright in my case, due >> to .mergemasterrc, I can not recall why this was selected, comments >> are welcomed: >> >> # cat .mergemasterrc >> FREEBSD_ID=YES > > Equivalent to -F. > >> VERBOSE=YES >> AUTO_INSTALL=YES >> RUN_UPDATES=YES >> COMP_CONFS=YES >> PRESERVE_FILES_DIR=/var/tmp/mergemaster/preserved-files-`date +%y%m%d-%H%M%S` >> DELETE_STALE_RC_FILES=YES > > A reasonable set of defaults, although I prefer a little more human > interaction on major changes. Why it "would have been alright(sic)" in > your case isn't clear, because you don't describe the alternative, but > the manual for mergemaster(8) almost certainly has the answer. > Hopefully not to have bored you too much, Matthew's mention of -F with mergemaster solved this problem of conversion from csup to svn- yet as you saw it was already in my .mergemasterrc , that is why I wrote that it "would have been alright". I like human interaction in every case where it is beneficial. If you want to send some guidance, it is welcomed. Other than that, I will let it be and also study the manual again; i.e. man 8 mergemaster. Kind regards, Darrel
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