Date: 16 Apr 97 15:25:38 -0500 From: "Richard Wackerbarth" <rkw@dataplex.net> To: ee@uncanny.net Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -stable from CVS repository? Message-ID: <AF7A9FF8-13FB9C@204.69.236.50>
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On Wed, Apr 16, 1997 2:36 PM, Edward Elhauge <mailto:ee@pythagoras.uncanny.net> wrote: >I am trying to switch from cvsuping the -stable and -current releases to >cvsuping the CVS repository. So far so good? > >Now I've gone on to extract the -stable release using the command: > cvs -Q checkout -r RELENG_2_1_7_RELEASE -d src-temp world > >When I then do a diff between the -stable directory and the directory I've >created under src-temp I find several minor changes between the files in the >two directory hierarchies. That is because 2.1.7-RELEASE is not the same as "-stable". The 2.1 branch continues to have a few changes from time to time. >1) My question is how to extract the -stable release from the CVS repository? You need to use the RELENG_2_1_0 (we won't discuss WHY that is the name you need) >2) Also how do I know which tags exist in a repository? Right now I just >examine a Makefile and take a look at the tags that exist in it. Is there a >better way? I don't know of one.
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