Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 23:02:41 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 4.5 release vs. stable and anonymous cvs. Message-ID: <20020404230052.G88853-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <15532.65054.35264.516429@rosebud.alerce.com>
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On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, George Hartzell wrote:
> I'm trying to use anonymous CVS to track the 4.5 RELEASE tree, not the
> tip of the stable tree. I've convinced myself that I know how to do
> it using cvsup, but I'd like to explore the finer control that I get
> through cvs itself.
>
> I checked out the tree w/ a -r RELENG_4_5, discovered a bug in
> Makefile.inc1, updated and picked up a *bunch* of updates, and just
> found that installworld is failing (Signal 12 in usr.bin/chpass, still
> looking into it). All of this makes me think that maybe I'm tracking
> -STABLE, not the 4.5 RELEASE.
What command did you use to do the update?
> Checking /usr/src/Makefile (cvs status -f Makefile), the first
> existing tag is "RELENG_4_5_0_RELEASE", which suggests that it's on
> the release branch, but I'm not convinced.
cvs status Makefile
should show a sticky tag of RELENG_4_5 if you have what you intended
to have. Any other sticky tag (or none at all) indicates that you've
departed from the RELENG_4_5 branch.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
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