Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 09:38:36 -0700 (PDT) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Cc: jnelson@rackspace.com Subject: Re: Basic cvsup question Message-ID: <200208291638.g7TGcaPL007473@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <20020829161852.GB88063@weirdos.oban.frmug.org> References: <Pine.BSI.4.44.0208291135320.12390-100000@dargo.gwi.net> <011901c24f76$461c24e0$6700a8c0@jnelson> <20020829161852.GB88063@weirdos.oban.frmug.org>
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In article <20020829161852.GB88063@weirdos.oban.frmug.org>,
Olivier Tharan <olive@oban.frmug.org> wrote:
> * jnelson <jnelson@rackspace.com> (20020829 11:08):
> > When doing "cvsup -g -L 2 stable-supfile" with "*default release=cvs
> > tag=RELENG_4" does it update your source/ports tree with 4.6.2 (the most
> > current stable) or 4.X (whatever kernel you're running)?
>
> RELENG_4 gives you 4.X, the latest -STABLE, which still evolves and will
> become 4.7 soon.
>
> RELENG_4_6 gives you 4.6-RELEASE plus any security patch, so now it
> would be 4.6.2.
This answer is right for the src tree, but if you specify tag=RELENG_4
for your ports tree CVSup will cheerfully delete it without a word of
apology. Override the default by adding "tag=." to the end of your
ports-all line, like this:
[...]
*default tag=RELENG_4
src-all
ports-all tag=.
John
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