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On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Matthew Seaman wrote:

> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 15:13:04 +0100
> From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
> To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>
> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: CVSup world/ports
> 
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 09:10:21AM -0400, John Bleichert wrote:
>  
> > Also, there's a 
> > 
> >  *default release=cvs tag=
> > 
> > line in the example ports supfile - should I/we make that:
> > 
> >  *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_7
> 
> Don't do that.  The ports tree is not branched and tagged in the same
> way as the system sources, and using a system tag there will only lead
> to wailing and gnashing of teeth.
> 
> Besides, if you read carefully you'll see that the relevant line in
> the ports-supfile is:
> 
>     *default release=cvs tag=.
> 
> That final '.' is vital...
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 
> 	Matthew
> 

Cool - thanks. After I posted this I decided to RTFM again (I've only 
skimmed this section before) and saw this in the Handbook...


JB

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