From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 1 08:12:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 542981065677; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:12:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rehsack@web.de) Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de (fmmailgate01.web.de [217.72.192.221]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 146968FC2B; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:12:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rehsack@web.de) Received: from smtp05.web.de (fmsmtp05.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.4.166]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 077B3E5F794B; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:53:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [87.149.238.95] (helo=waldorf.muppets.liwing.de) by smtp05.web.de with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (WEB.DE 4.109 #226) id 1KDafz-0003jd-00; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:53:23 +0200 Message-ID: <4869E272.1060606@web.de> Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:53:22 +0000 From: Jens Rehsack User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080608) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David O'Brien Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: rehsack@web.de X-Sender: rehsack@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19of1k6N9uS10FJaQz9OYNNpK7R2AqskO3T5Y2n 8YZgrnE9x/kBJOFFB4+a3DsieR4Kiara1tZYYr6aMIYU+UeyJZ 8EwKK4hcI= X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:27:17 +0000 Cc: FreeBSD-Current-List Subject: Updating src/contrib/binutils X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:12:31 -0000 Hi David, because you are the maintainer of src/contrib/binutils, I first want to ask you before I start to update src/contrib/binutils. I've read the README's you've placed there, but 2 questions remain: 1) How can I create a patch using a cvs-checkout when I do not have write permissions to the repository? This is no request for a commit bit (to much accountability), more a technical request. Do I need to use cvsup from ports to get a copy of the cvs server and checkout against my local copy? 2) Is it ok to do it on a FreeBSD7-Stable, as long no change between the RELENG7 branch and the HEAD prevents merge? Or is it mandatory to test it with -CURRENT? I ask, because -CURRENT maybe unstable by definition, and I don't want to search for errors in my work come in by experimental code. I have no problem, when a first patch exists, to test it on -CURRENT, but it should be the 2nd step (for me). Best regards, Jens