From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 13:05:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E868C37B407 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:05:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc2-cove3-6-cust88.brhm.cable.ntl.com (pc2-cove3-6-cust88.brhm.cable.ntl.com [81.107.10.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A0B943FE1 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:05:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) Received: from alpha.private.lan (alpha.private.lan [192.168.0.2]) id h5DK5kgt072044; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:05:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) Received: from alpha.private.lan (alpha.private.lan [192.168.0.2]) by alpha.private.lan (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h5DK5jNc035266; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:05:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) From: ian j hart To: Richard Schilling , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:05:45 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <20030613180849.GE12049@foghorn.rsmba.biz> In-Reply-To: <20030613180849.GE12049@foghorn.rsmba.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200306132105.45620.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.2 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, QUOTE_TWICE_1,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_KMAIL version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) X-Filter-Version: 1.11a (alpha.private.lan) Subject: Re: cvsup with tag=. on src and upgrading (in general) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 20:05:54 -0000 On Friday 13 June 2003 7:08 pm, Richard Schilling wrote: > I'm just getting into regular use with cvsup (way over do on that one), > and I tried to specify a tag=. in the cvsup file. Here's the file: > > > # This file specifies src files are to be uploaded. > *default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org > # *default tag=RELENG_5_1_0_RELEASE > *default tag=. > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress > *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup > src-all > > > > > The documentation says tag=. will download the actual CVS directories > so I can review changes/diffs, but I don't see them present in the > code. Just the top level directory has it and it looks like it's for > 4.X. Take a look at these example files alpha# ls /usr/share/examples/cvsup README ports-supfile standard-supfile cvs-supfile refuse www-supfile doc-supfile refuse.README gnats-supfile stable-supfile If you want a "local copy of the repository" you want cvs-supfile. [clue: tag is never set] This puts the files in /home/ncvs. *Then* you can use cvs to checkout the source, review changes/diffs WHY. Re-read the docs. If you still think is says use tag=. post a quote: That's a bug in the documentation. > > Did I do something wrong with the cvsup file? > > Next question has to do with upgrading. I have 4.6 src installed, but > I cvsup'd RELENG_5_1_0_RELEASE. Does jumping several > releases/sub-releases like that cause problems? Or, in other words, is > it wiser to do incremental upgrades? > > --Richard Schilling > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- ian j hart Quoth the raven, bite me! Salem Saberhagen (Episode LXXXI: The Phantom Menace)