From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jan 20 1:58:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8F2537B400 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 01:58:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from sdn-ar-004dcwashp128.dialsprint.net ([206.133.21.192] helo=moo.holy.cow) by avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16SEjg-0001GR-00; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 01:58:03 -0800 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1FFBE50B8C; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 04:59:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 04:59:18 -0500 From: parv To: Christopher Schulte Cc: mij@soupnazi.org, f-stable Subject: Re: cvsup usable UTC date for tracking -stable Message-ID: <20020120095918.GA1861@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Christopher Schulte , mij@soupnazi.org, f-stable References: <20020120082100.GA521@moo.holy.cow> <20020120082100.GA521@moo.holy.cow> <5.1.0.14.0.20020120024452.030ff398@pop3s.schulte.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020120024452.030ff398@pop3s.schulte.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG in message <5.1.0.14.0.20020120024452.030ff398@pop3s.schulte.org>, wrote Christopher Schulte thusly... > > At 12:42 AM 1/20/2002 -0800, Jim Mock wrote: > >On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 at 03:21:00 -0500, parv wrote: > >> i know how to track a tree via cvsup w/ "tag" and "date". my question > >> is where/how do i find the "freeze" date to sync my tree? ... > >I'm not sure what you're talking about here. The "current" -STABLE > >branch *is* 4.5-RC2. jim, i know. but after release of the -rc2 iso image, -stable is more than just -rc2. > I think the original poster was asking how to use cvsup to sync source tree > to the exact cut of a rcX.iso..... aka how to reproduce exactly the source > that was used to generate an official RC. yes, that is exactly what i am seeking: how to find the date of sources from which the iso image is built. > It's going to be something like > > src-all date=2002.01.xx.xx.xx.xx > > in the supfile. > > That'll allow testing to happen, without needing to pull an entire > .iso file. Of course, 'cvsup -> make world' is not the same as > 'insert cd, install from scratch' i guess, it's not. then again, i am doing it for my own peace of mind, not necessarily actively testing the -rc2. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message