From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 9 11:30:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EA9F16A4CE for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:30:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp09.wxs.nl (smtp09.wxs.nl [195.121.6.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07E9A43D2F for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:30:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp09.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HST008RVYUDQI@smtp09.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:47:02 +0100 (MET) Received: from alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i19InASn014198; Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:49:10 +0100 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by alex.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i19InAhH014197; Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:49:10 +0100 Content-return: prohibited Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:49:10 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <20040209182148.30955.qmail@web41606.mail.yahoo.com> To: Drew Message-id: <20040209184910.GC2846@alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i References: <45794.194.119.92.65.1076347711.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> <20040209182148.30955.qmail@web41606.mail.yahoo.com> X-Authentication-warning: alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: Julien Gabel cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: supfile tag to use? port/src X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:30:47 -0000 On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 10:21:48AM -0800, Drew wrote: > > > > > You are right. > > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile is more... > > explicit :) > > > > What do you mean? The handbook says "don't use tag=., > except for ports", but the standard file has such. > Which is it? Use it or don't? And if I do what > branch will I be getting? > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook\ > > /cvs-tags.html > > > > 5.2.1 is not here right now. > > > > Looking at that url I see two tags of note: RELENG_5_2 > and RELENG_5_2_1_RELEASE. is the _RELEASE tag just > the 5.2.1 as it was released and no updates since? Is > RELENG_5_2 current ie = 5.2.1? > > What I don't understand is what tag I should use to > follow the 5.X series. Must I change the tag > everytime a new version comes out? Is there not a tag > I can use that get the lastest in the 5.x CURRENT > series always? > Like you wrote: tag=. mean get me the latest. The reason this isn't advisable is because a bug can easly kill you system. I would advise you to use the RELENG_5_2 (i.e. 5.2 + updates) and change when the next version comes out. There aren't going to be any 5.2.1 unleas there's a good reason for. (The last FreeBSD version out of the 4.x brange that has this was 4.6) -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/