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Date:      Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:05:45 +0100
From:      ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com>
To:        Richard Schilling <rschi@rsmba.biz>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvsup with tag=. on src and upgrading (in general)
Message-ID:  <200306132105.45620.ianjhart@ntlworld.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030613180849.GE12049@foghorn.rsmba.biz>
References:  <20030613180849.GE12049@foghorn.rsmba.biz>

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On Friday 13 June 2003 7:08 pm, Richard Schilling wrote:
> I'm just getting into regular use with cvsup (way over do on that one),
> and I tried to specify a tag=. in the cvsup file.  Here's the file:
>
>
> # This file specifies src files are to be uploaded.
> *default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org
> # *default tag=RELENG_5_1_0_RELEASE
> *default tag=.
> *default prefix=/usr
> *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress
> *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup
> src-all
>
>
>
>
> The documentation says tag=. will download the actual CVS directories
> so I can review changes/diffs, but I don't see them present in the
> code.  Just the top level directory has it and it looks like it's for
> 4.X.

Take a look at these example files

alpha# ls /usr/share/examples/cvsup
README                  ports-supfile           standard-supfile
cvs-supfile             refuse                  www-supfile
doc-supfile             refuse.README
gnats-supfile           stable-supfile

If you want a "local copy of the repository" you want cvs-supfile.
[clue: tag is never set]

This puts the files in /home/ncvs.

*Then* you can use cvs to checkout the source, review changes/diffs WHY.

Re-read the docs. If you still think is says use tag=. post a quote:
That's a bug in the documentation.

>
> Did I do something wrong with the cvsup file?
>
> Next question has to do with upgrading.  I have 4.6 src installed, but
> I cvsup'd RELENG_5_1_0_RELEASE.  Does jumping several
> releases/sub-releases like that cause problems?  Or, in other words, is
> it wiser to do incremental upgrades?
>
> --Richard Schilling
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-- 
ian j hart

Quoth the raven, bite me!
	Salem Saberhagen (Episode LXXXI: The Phantom Menace)



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