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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:08:30 -0600, "Joe Stuart"
<jstuart@edenpr.k12.mn.us> said:
> I'm running freebsd 4.8 and trying to use cvsup to update my ports tree.
> My supfile contains.
> 
> *default tag=RELENG_4_8
> *default host=cvsup9.freebsd.org
> *default prefix=/usr
> *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress
> 
> ports-all
> 
> But when I run it it deleted about %90 of my ports.  
> Any help is appreciated.

Read your ports-supfile where it tells you that this is what will happen
if you use the wrong "tag=" entry (it's the section that starts with
"WARNING!..." so you'll be sure not to miss it;), and tells you the
*only* correct tag to use.

Jud