Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:09:29 -0600 From: Jon Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: re@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2: will standard-supfile point to RELENG_5_2? Message-ID: <3FD4E889.7080703@alumni.rice.edu> In-Reply-To: <20031208122821.C15361@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <3FD3AA5D.8010409@alumni.rice.edu> <20031208122821.C15361@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On 12/8/2003 2:29 PM, Doug White wrote: > On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Jon Noack wrote: > > >>I ask this for 5.2 because it never happened for 5.1: >>Will src/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile be updated to point to >>the "RELENG_5_2" tag instead of "." for 5.2? > > > Doubtful -- standard-supfile is for grabbing -current. If you want a > specific tag, you need to specify it. I just copy the same cvsupfile > around to different machines as I build them so I don't forget :) > > I agree that stable-supfile should be updated, though. But 5.X isn't > -stable yet. :) Copying re@ on this... I respectfully disagree. Here's an open bug report from someone else who thinks the same way I do: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=conf/53197 Even if you disagree with me, check out the CVS commits to standard-supfile: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile A very common entry is something to the effect of: "The 'standard-supfile' should track its own branch." (As Colin Percival just point out:) From the inception of the security release branch with RELENG_4_3, every release *but* 5.1 has had standard-supfile point to the security release branch. That's 8 releases in my favor vs. 1 release in your favor. I win ;-). I'd wager a lot of folks used to 4.x giving 5.x a try would get bitten by this, accidentally upgrading to -CURRENT and possibly hosing their systems as a result. In any case, the only color for the shed is midnight blue. Jon
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