From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 26 09:57:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CE6216A4CE for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:57:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB87043D1F for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:57:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i1QHvpuV040574 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:57:51 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i1QHvplt040573; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:57:51 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:57:51 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Ed Budd Message-ID: <20040226175751.GB36936@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Ed Budd , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040226014707.M1244@enabled.com> <403D5D5F.2010607@users.sourceforge.net> <20040226072241.76c7e20f.ebudd@grokking.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dTy3Mrz/UPE2dbVg" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040226072241.76c7e20f.ebudd@grokking.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup config file X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:57:58 -0000 --dTy3Mrz/UPE2dbVg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 07:22:41AM -0500, Ed Budd wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:43:43 +0900 > Rob wrote: >=20 > >=20 > > Noah wrote: > > > *default release=3Dcvs tag=3D. > > > ports-all > > That's how I cvsup my ports tree. So should be alright for keeping > > up-to-date with STABLE. =20 > Uh, doesn't the "tag=3D." reference mean -CURRENT not -STABLE? I think the > OP wants "tag=3DRELENG_4_9" or "tag=3DRELENG_4", depending on whether wan= ts > the RELEASE with sec patches or 4x-stable. >=20 > Or is it far too early in the morning for me to be responding to this? The OP was cvsup'ing the *ports* tree. The RELENG_x or RELENG_x_y tags simply don't exist in the section of the CVS repository dedicated to ports, so trying to use them in a ports supfile is exceedingly counterproductive -- in fact, they will result in all of the files under /usr/ports being deleted. The only tag you would want to use for the ports is 'tag=3D.', ie. the HEAD revision from CVS. There are tags like RELEASE_4_9_0 in the ports tree, but these are intended for the benefit of the people putting together release CD sets rather than for end users like thee and me. Remember, the ports are developed independently from the main system. There is no "version" of the ports tree for any particular version of the system. There are package sets available compiled for release with the system, which you could describe as "Packages for Release Foo", but there's really nothing stopping you using those packages on other release versions with the same major version number. Your success at doing that may not be total if the release you're using is a long way away from the release the packages were compiled under, but, modulo occasional incompatible changes in the pkg tools and other such things; in general it should work. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --dTy3Mrz/UPE2dbVg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAPjOfdtESqEQa7a0RAjliAJ9cYfN18pJdfSWJ/EChijhxsqKn6ACfcuv7 Fp+xYnRAV/GKUbsIaPh0nGU= =N6Dr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dTy3Mrz/UPE2dbVg--