From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 6 21:40:29 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63365106566C for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 21:40:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vrwmiller@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 229DF8FC0C for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 21:40:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obcni5 with SMTP id ni5so14067680obc.13 for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:40:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=UAT6Oh3FD9qAG9deHMkd3j9Hhoiq7AixP9a8Q2cxdTk=; b=z6tVA3fx0Ppw98CA3sFS5t+jfKpsENYutTkUwgQnm1436feM6AGzJuBXFQPeb2bc9O za9dAxmcffIm70eiYfscUFT2OSJfhL6aS8l+ARiCBRn3jW5C0k30WclJuE0fC0RZiJ/Z GHDhHyuEix7PYSt5hqDFIeyV84hgqlfqryhfgAN7Dc+WE1Gb4w31Il3aBB5nOV/+zcbC IHYtJ4jb+rpreL5VnsrDpBtwKmgiqR+z3CZngBxBmqF6jX83o1myQ4Ll7MZ1L1sPZt7U fkcULhrrwwQKSA1/uxvTJzSRW+LEe/3pretAS4n5cs0VqVrZAieAzbZb3X/MPEnsVy2U qu0A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.32.113 with SMTP id h17mr22111166oei.40.1339018828534; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:40:28 -0700 (PDT) Sender: vrwmiller@gmail.com Received: by 10.182.128.38 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 14:40:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FCFC75E.4000707@swin.edu.au> References: <3019920.ozTXahhPXd@x220.ovitrap.com> <15075001.JBc1UY2ed2@x220.ovitrap.com> <4FCFC75E.4000707@swin.edu.au> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 17:40:28 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 4MyU-njavFM85MsWzmVtB4kQLbo Message-ID: From: Rick Miller To: grenville armitage , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: Re: Ports from a particular date in the past... 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 21:40:29 -0000 I, for one, appreciate you changing the subject because I didn't know this either and its an important function in my use case where point in time snapshots are important to the architects and ops folks! On 6/6/12, grenville armitage wrote: > > > On 06/07/2012 00:16, Chris Rees wrote: >> On 6 June 2012 14:12, Erich wrote: > [..] > >>> is my English really this bad? >>> >>> From the handbook: >>> >>> '. In particular, use only tag=. for the ports-* collections.' >> >> Your English is fine, but "being told to use tag=." != "tag=. is the >> only tag that exists". > > Another data point: > > In Erich's defense, I'd say his interpretation is quite understandable. > "...use only tag=. for the ports-* collections" also left me with the > distinct impression (some many moons in the past) that there are no > other meaningful (or safe) tags when csup'ing the Ports tree. > > In 12 years of using FreeBSD I've never really sought out Erich's use > case (viz. roll back /usr/ports to some past known-good version), I > just assumed it wasn't possible. So this thread has taught at least one > person (me) a new thing -- I never fully grokked that adding "date=" > to the supfile could achieve this desired result when csup'ing the > Ports tree. Now I know, and I've changed the Subject line of this email > in the hope it helps some future soul googling for the answer. > > cheers, > gja > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Sent from my mobile device Take care Rick Miller