From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 7 09:03:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A558F16A417 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 09:03:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09B1113C45A for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 09:03:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0793CpD014706; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 09:03:12 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.4.2 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk m0793CpD014706 Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk; dkim=hardfail (SSP) header.i=unknown Message-ID: <4781EAD0.70208@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:03:12 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Shute References: <000601c85065$94c24de0$0a01a8c0@680nr0j> <20080106200517.GA42384@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20080106202415.GA97410@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <20080107035841.GA44545@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080107035841.GA44545@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:03:12 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92/5407/Mon Jan 7 07:01:46 2008 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: port collection RELEASE6.2 lost after reinstall with CVSUP 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: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:03:22 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Frank Shute wrote: > So if it's not branched but tagged, what's the difference between the > ports tree I get if I use RELENG_4_8 compared to RELENG_7_0 as tags > in my ports supfile? Probably not a very great deal -- you'll get equally disappointing results for both of those. RELENG_X and RELENG_X_Y tags / branches apply to the src collection *only*. If you try and use them on the ports you'll end up with a whole lot of nothing. None of the ports tree is intentionally tagged with anything matching 'RELENG' In general, you always want the HEAD of the ports tree. There's very little point in using anything else. However it is possible to use RELEASE_X_Y_0 to match the state of the ports tree used to generate the packages distributed with X.Y RELEASE, or if you still haven't upgraded all your 4.x machines yet, you can use RELEASE_4_EOL to match the last state of the tree before the 4.x compatability code was stripped out. Note that cvsup'ing an old version of the ports tree is not guaranteed to provide a workable ports collection: the dist files the ports rely upon are not in the control of the FreeBSD project and there is no assurance that old versions of software are still available for download. Plus you will be struggling with unfixed security bugs if you've installed portaudit -- or installing vulnerable software if you haven't. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHgerP8Mjk52CukIwRCFAlAKCNmQAfP3JDHdBde/s4VWwcs3BGsACeNG/d kbfd4wXcBsG1U6tYvwIXmD0= =3Rc0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----