Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 14:19:59 -0600 From: "Jim McAtee" <jmcatee@mediaodyssey.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using CVSup Message-ID: <023101c23fe2$22b10320$272fa8ce@jim> References: <019d01c23fd7$2d44d740$272fa8ce@jim> <01c101c23fd8$78b4b5f0$272fa8ce@jim> <3D54162F.1000502@xmission.com> <3D541E31.C8A0EB52@pantherdragon.org>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@pantherdragon.org> To: "Jason Porter" <leporter@xmission.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 1:55 PM Subject: Re: Using CVSup > Jason Porter wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Stable has more fixes in it than Release. Release means that it's > > release quality. They can safely box it and ship it out. Stable has > > the same base as the Release version but contains fixes and is okay to > > use on a production server (in theory). > > Not true. If you read the Handbook section on -stable, it says in > implied huge, red, flashing letters that there is absolutely no > guarantee that stable will even compile. > > Yes, a lot of people use -stable on production servers. I'm one of > them. But the tricks to do this safely, the list of gotchas, and the > constant list monitoring needed to no screw the machine up is not > something I would consider a habit a beginner should be getting into > just yet. > > A happy medium between the RELEASE tags and -STABLE are the RELENG_4_x > tags. It's the release (RELENG_4_6 == 4.6) source with all the > relevant patches from the SA's applied. I would consider this a safe > way to get your feet wet with cvsup and the make world process, as > there's very little to trip over with the mergemaster process (perhaps > the most dangerous part of the whole deal). Thanks. I think this may answer my other question regarding the difference between the tags. So, would the tag RELENG_4_6 actually pull the source for 4.6.1 (plus patches) if the latest RLEASE is RELENG_4_6_1_RELEASE? > > |>Here's my supfile: > > |> > > |>*default host=cvsup8.freebsd.org > > |>*default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup > > |>*default prefix=/usr > > |>*default release=cvs > > |>*default deltee use-rel-suffix > ^^^^^^ should be "delete" > > |>*default tag=RELEN_4_6_1_RELEASE > ^^^^^ - should be "RELENG" > > |>src-all > > |>*default tag=. > > |>ports-all > > |>doc-all > > Giving more than one value for a default isn't good practice, IMO. > Here's how I would have specified it: > > *default tag=. > src-all tag=RELENG_4_6_1_RELEASE > doc-all > ports-all Great, thanks. Sorry about the typos. > I'd recommend seperating ports-all into its own supfile and update it > only after the new world is installed and working. You really want to > have your system as coherent and stable as possible while building and > installing the world. When you pull down the ports tree, you can get > all kinds of problems that turn into a gang of hungry sharks should > you run into problems with the world upgrade and need to majorly > rebuild your system. Ok, will follow this advice and keep them separate. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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