From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 1 12:29:56 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 358EF1065681 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:29:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cokane@cokane.org) Received: from QMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17E218FC23 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:29:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cokane@cokane.org) Received: from OMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.12]) by QMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id kaT11Z00C0FhH24A506X00; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:13:56 +0000 Received: from mail.cokane.org ([24.60.133.163]) by OMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id kcDu1Z00E3Xh0XL8UcDvMf; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:13:56 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=5EqdJHlVj73Prj_YJzUA:9 a=rAZWLjpDho5OuHkxGMoA:7 a=3GZt9NS_z-zTXC1eOkm34Cr6C54A:4 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by mail.cokane.org (Postfix, from userid 103) id 9ADD716B55D; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:13:54 -0400 (EDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8-gr1 (2007-02-13) on discordia X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8-gr1 Received: from [172.20.1.3] (erwin.int.cokane.org [172.20.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.cokane.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75F2D16B55B; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:13:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Coleman Kane To: Jens Rehsack In-Reply-To: <4869E272.1060606@web.de> References: <4869E272.1060606@web.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:11:47 -0400 Message-Id: <1214914307.1802.33.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:49:23 +0000 Cc: FreeBSD-Current-List Subject: Re: 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 12:29:56 -0000 On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 07:53 +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote: > 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 This sounds intriguing.... what version of binutils are you updating to? -- Coleman Kane