From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 6 20:32:09 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A755A106564A for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 20:32:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gtodd@bellanet.org) Received: from mail-gh0-f182.google.com (mail-gh0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 550B58FC14 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 20:32:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghbz22 with SMTP id z22so6736117ghb.13 for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:32:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:x-x-sender:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id :references:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=USgShQ2i9gXuU0Omot/T6QjyDiqfyztdP85t60vXKVo=; b=WKoxYxeR7D90CENj8Z4Rd1YyuXvJZd4+W4ZH4EPCS6XxltUKxkvn0Z2aMVCCPyWYq3 YtNgkPDBI6SQSn/qSncpVLLDZQOhIxmUhYQqjXmSn8gvSyYhV8Q3dWeLC7u2X63SvkGP 7Pk9du6MUieFPY24HHwZtSw8D5oTT5TS5JKH2tMvBA8qgtV0wptaafOt6ney3HVs13jX TwFrhFaT9QprTbokrpFVSBtxFaY6PqoFj0EDYcluciEK1Q9aSIOQxaLqhwjUWAKRQNll pVJzh3Xu0gA75jNyIZefhYm3M2jiQ5ming7OUzModLQGgjGdqpIpJI+gekavR6MpGHsY rqXA== Received: by 10.50.76.137 with SMTP id k9mr8034358igw.25.1339014728508; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:32:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wawanesa.iciti.ca (CPE0080c8f208a5-CM001371173cf8.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com. [99.246.61.82]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id va9sm1719727igb.17.2012.06.06.13.32.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:32:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 16:31:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Graham Todd X-X-Sender: gtodd@wawanesa.iciti.ca To: Mark Linimon In-Reply-To: <20120605060950.GC32448@lonesome.com> Message-ID: References: <2490439.EC638TI0j3@x220.ovitrap.com> <20120605053316.CDE9A2145078@drugs.dv.isc.org> <2188078.y2TVGRxzTH@x220.ovitrap.com> <20120605060950.GC32448@lonesome.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmakFl3BzfWCgb7zVYVrBjoTz7l8Jz2XHTihug/+PAWvRDgZWdH2Zjf+Ns1ZfIIGxaBUL5T Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Chris Rees , "freebs @mail.isc.org>> Current FreeBSD" , Erich , "O. Hartmann" , Adam Strohl Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:32:09 -0000 On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Mark Linimon wrote: > It's not particularly easy to see this on cvsweb. But let's take a look > at a random Mk/bsd.*.mk file via 'cvs log': > > RCS file: /home/FreeBSD/pcvs/ports/Mk/bsd.apache.mk,v > Working file: bsd.apache.mk > head: 1.36 > branch: > locks: strict > access list: > symbolic names: > RELEASE_8_3_0: 1.35 > RELEASE_9_0_0: 1.33 > RELEASE_7_4_0: 1.26 > RELEASE_8_2_0: 1.26 > RELEASE_6_EOL: 1.26 > [...] > RELEASE_6_1_0: 1.9 > RELEASE_5_5_0: 1.9 > [...] > > and so forth. > > The line "RELEASE_8_3_0: 1.35" tells you "the version of this file > as of tag RELEASE_8_3_0 was r1.35." So that's what's on the 8.3R > distribution media. Is there any way to access this information using tools like pkg_* pkgng or ports make targets? Or does one use cvs/svn? ps: Thanks all for your work on ports!