Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 05:44:32 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@MooseRiver.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pulling a patch release using cvsup Message-ID: <20070106034431.GA87190@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <20070106021647.GA94803@mooseriver.com> References: <20070106021647.GA94803@mooseriver.com>
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On 2007-01-05 18:16, Josef Grosch <jgrosch@MooseRiver.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how, using cvsup, to pull a specific patch
> release. For example, FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE-p14. I've tried using the date
> of a specific patch from /usr/src/UPDATING but that does not work.
Using dates is certainly a possibility, but you have to be a bit careful
about the date format. CVSup will accept dates of the format:
YYYY.mm.dd.HH.MM.SS
Where:
YYYY = year
mm = month
dd = month day [01..28, 01..30 or 00..31, depending on the month]
HH = hours
MM = minutes
SS = seconds
The format is also described in the manpage of cvsup:
# date=[cc]yy.mm.dd.hh.mm.ss
# This specifies a date that should be used to select the
# revisions that are checked out from the CVS repository. The
# client will receive the revisions that were in effect at the
# specified date and time.
#
# At present, the date format is inflexible. All 17 or 19
# characters must be specified, exactly as shown. For the years
# 2000 and beyond, specify the century cc. For earlier years,
# specify only the last two digits yy. Dates and times are
# considered to be GMT. The default date is `.', which means
# ``as late as possible''.
Thus, you can update to a particular date *within* the RELENG_4 branch,
by using both a tag=RELENG_4 and a date=2007.01.05.22.00.00 :)
Please note that the dates specified in date=YY.mm.dd.HH.MM.SS format
are in UTC, so if you are living in a different timezone, some
adjustments may be necessary.
- Giorgos
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