From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 20:29:00 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 2535B37B401 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 20:29:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ece.cmu.edu (ECE.CMU.EDU [128.2.136.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DD1A43FBF for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 20:28:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from allbery@ece.cmu.edu) Received: from rushlight (allbery@allbery.dsl.telerama.com [205.201.8.182]) (authenticated) by ece.cmu.edu (8.11.0/8.10.2) with ESMTP id h5E3Sv323255; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:28:57 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brandon S. Allbery " KF8NH To: peter lageotakes In-Reply-To: <20030614031557.94662.qmail@web14603.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030614031557.94662.qmail@web14603.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1055561339.57938.1.camel@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 13 Jun 2003 23:28:59 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 03:29:00 -0000 On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 23:15, peter lageotakes wrote: > that only the tag=. is relevant for the ports > collection. > > > But the quote below is says: > Note: The ports tree does not have any tag associated > with it, it is always CURRENT. > > I guess it means that it will just delete and install > the ports collection no matter what the tag points > too. No, it means that there are no tag values that are meaningful for ports-all; you need to use tag=. (no tag, meaning retrieve the HEAD) or the ports collection will be deleted by cvsup because there are no files with the tag you specified. -- brandon s allbery [openafs/solaris/japh/freebsd] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [linux/heimdal/too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering KF8NH carnegie mellon university [better check the oblivious first -ke6sls]