Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 08:08:56 -0700 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: gavin@itworks.com.au Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsuping -STABLE Message-ID: <199810201508.IAA04269@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981020214809.5693R-100000@iserver.itworks.com.au> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981020214809.5693R-100000@iserver.itworks.com.au>
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In article <Pine.BSF.3.96.981020214809.5693R-100000@iserver.itworks.com.au>,
Gavin Cameron <gavin@itworks.com.au> wrote:
> I just CVSuped (well a couple of hours ago) and I checked out RELENG_2_2
> hoping to get the latest and greatest.
>
> The Makefile in /usr/src is version 1.109.2.31. If I go into the
> repository and have a look at Makefile,v I see the following
>
> symbols
> RELENG_3_0_0_RELEASE:1.220
> RELENG_2_2_7_RELEASE:1.109.2.33
> RELENG_2_2_6_RELEASE:1.109.2.25
> RELENG_2_2_5_RELEASE:1.109.2.19
> RELENG_2_2_2_RELEASE:1.109.2.4
> RELENG_2_2_1_RELEASE:1.109.2.2
> RELENG_2_2_0_RELEASE:1.109.2.2
> RELENG_2_1_7_RELEASE:1.57.4.19
> RELENG_2_1_6_1_RELEASE:1.57.4.19
> RELENG_2_1_6_RELEASE:1.57.4.19
> RELENG_2_2:1.109.0.2
>
> Which, I think, tells me that if I was infact checking out RELENG_2_2, I
> should have got the Makefile that is of a later version than 2.2.7
> release (or atleast that version).
That is a common misconception. In CVS, tags whose revision numbers
contain a 0 component (like 1.109.0.2) are special. They're branch
tags. The actual branch number is formed by removing the 0 and
sliding the next digit over into its place. So RELENG_2_2 refers to
revision 1.109.2.x for the largest existing "x".
John
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