From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 28 15:46:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF8B51065672 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:46:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D8688FC08 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:46:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm13 with SMTP id 13so1231797fxm.13 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:46:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=NprxGpZy3+oTQ7i+jclMZo8nJIfAoYj0woDnIa6cWGw=; b=ujoY+Sod0yUVChFRnys6R0o50GyFihE3dcu0NTArVSsxbs8ahOo34y6zlXwHRNPu0p TwHWK9jL/1/FYDUjkg9Yb8+JS0Qeg5sret9WyubdOjmGq6VL7PlkdMoTqgPNUSw1OK9C vh75/Oyy++gbDV9b9SG+Z/vV8roC2A5Ai7m9o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=CuQOW9bBow98wUpBrHYMzIUhA7Ywua1cKaFg4HuFvM2VtGs01li2r8kB6OLXpt8l2U 8cJo08OPHzOUVcXPSostlwvQmB3iffaD2dgH0g1qMf8GfUQfkSeehzQipHyYPkvwkM9g RfwtOpKWJI56TblJlo52RNLx9UPFxvr4NR03g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.190.13 with SMTP id v13mr351764hbh.41.1277740003530; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:46:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.239.161.199 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:46:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C283DC7.7020900@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <77CAB0EBFD944983B4A128424E55872D@GRANTPC> <4C27BF47.9010407@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4c281a1d.+P6RmxXnJedTzehg%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4C283DC7.7020900@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:46:43 +0100 Message-ID: From: krad To: Matthew Seaman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: perryh@pluto.rain.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.0 p#3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:46:47 -0000 On 28 June 2010 07:14, Matthew Seaman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 28/06/2010 04:42:21, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > Matthew Seaman wrote: > > > >> Fix your ports supfile: for ports you /always/ want HEAD ... > > > > s/always/almost &/ > > > > If one wanted to download a copy of the ports tree as it existed > > when, say, 6.1 was released, specifying the corresponding tag would > > be the way to get it. Granted one seldom wants a frozen checkpoint > > like that. > > You know, practically speaking, the only people that actually need to > use anything other than HEAD in a ports supfile are the people building > the packages to go with a system release. And they only need to do that > right around the point the release is being cut. > > The whole mindset that you need to match the ports tree to the OS > version you have installed is just wrong[*]. Especially if you try and > back-rev as far as 6.1-RELEASE. You're just going to be ignoring > several years worth of bug fixes, not to mention opening yourself to any > number of security holes that have since been discovered and closed. > Granted you cannot use the current ports tree with a 6.1-RELEASE box. > This is a hint that you really need to upgrade the OS as well as the > ports... > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > [*] Even if you will be installing 8.1-RELEASE on the day it is released > and using packages from the install media, you should still be checking > for updated packages and security patches. > > - -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkwoPccACgkQ8Mjk52CukIyP5wCfa4ZnVHPfYbBqPPs7z254BkUc > 9CgAn3Elhkz5eB2GEzdmUxUpREJSiCxP > =wL38 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > 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" > If you do need to install packages that were released with the original os build then the easiest way to do it is thus: export PACKAGESITE=ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/`uname -a | awk '{print $NF}'`/packages-`uname -r | sed s/STABLE/RELEASE/ | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z'`/Latest/ pkg_add -r