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Date:      Sat, 22 Jun 2002 16:56:12 +0100
From:      Jeff Penn <jeff@jrpenn.demon.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portupgrade with package
Message-ID:  <20020622165612.A6763@jrpenn.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20020622130547.GA285@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>; from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk on Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 02:05:47PM %2B0100
References:  <20020622102616.A1192@jrpenn.demon.co.uk> <3D144F7F.DBFD24AF@liwing.de> <20020622124135.A1730@jrpenn.demon.co.uk> <20020622130547.GA285@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>

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On Sat, Jun 22, Dr Matthew J Seaman wrote:
 
> If you're using any version of FreeBSD 4, and so long as you update
> any dependencies appropriately then any packages under
> `packages-4-stable' should work for you.  Just because you're running
> RELENG_4_5 doesn't mean that you should only use packages from the
> packages-4.5-release directory.  In fact, if you're concerned about
> security you definitely shouldn't limit yourself to just those
> packages, or you won't pick up on security or other bug fixes.

Thanks for the detailed explaination:
 
This suggests that ports require a tag similar to sources, but section
A.7 of the FreeBSD handbook states:

        Note: The ports tree does not have any tag associated with it,
              it is always CURRENT.

Where do I specify which branch to use for my ports/packages?

Jeff

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