From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 3 17:49:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A175216A401 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 17:49:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3177713C428 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 17:49:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-10-135.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.10.135]:57754 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HNYMW-0004Jq-3U for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:49:40 +0100 Received: (qmail 57025 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2007 18:49:37 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 3 Mar 2007 18:49:37 +0100 Received: (qmail 98897 invoked by uid 1001); 3 Mar 2007 18:49:37 +0100 Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 18:49:37 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Martin McCormick Message-ID: <20070303174936.GA98875@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Martin McCormick , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200703031705.l23H5l10017748@dc.cis.okstate.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200703031705.l23H5l10017748@dc.cis.okstate.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-ACL-Warn: Too high rate of unknown addresses received from you X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1HNYMW-0004Jq-3U. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1HNYMW-0004Jq-3U 43cff3e24354bed12cc14d26f89537e0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What cvs-supfile Directive did I Leave Out? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:49:41 -0000 On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 11:05:47AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > I originally wanted to bring the ISO image of FreeBSD6.2 > up to date using cvsup. Everything worked perfectly including > the make buildworld, make installworld, make buildkernel and make > installkernel. Then was when I realized that I was now running > FreeBSD7.0 after having unwittingly upgraded. > > This particular system will be a very busy dhcpd server, > however, so I probably don't want the bleeding edge. It is a > Dell 2650 and FreeBSD6.2 was the only ISO image of FreeBSD that > found all the right drivers. I probably need to go back to what > I initially meant to do for safety sake. > > Since this was my first successful attempt at using > cvsup, my questions now are: > > Can I safely downgrade back to the most stable version of 6.2 > using cvsup? Maybe, but I wouldn't count on it. I would recommend reinstalling 6.2 from scratch and starting over again. > > What did I do wrong in the cvs-supfile I used? upgrades are > great if you want them, but this is going to be a production > system so I would rather try the latest and greatest on a > less-important box. > All I wanted was sources, no ports or X; basically what you would > have after using an ISO image. Thanks. > The cvs-sup file follows: > > *default tag=. > *default host=cvsup15.us.freebsd.org > *default prefix=/usr > *default base=/var/db > *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix > src-all You used the wrong tag. "tag=." specifies that you want HEAD aka -CURRENT from the repository. You should use either "tag=RELENG_6" or "tag=RELENG_6_2" depending on if you want 6-STABLE or '6.2-RELEASE+security patches". -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se