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Subject: Re: Proposal: make portsnap generate INDEX-${OSREL:R} only by default
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Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> wrote:

> > I was going to suggest this too. Isn't this information available 
> > using /bin/freebsd-version -u ?
>
> Client side: yes.
>
> Server side: someone has to tell the server to start building for new
> - -CURRENT or stop building for old -STABLE.

Ahhh! Gotcha! Thanks for the quick response. I'll stop bike-shedding now!

Cheers,
Jamie