Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:49:10 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Drew <usernumber1000@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: supfile tag to use? port/src Message-ID: <20040209184910.GC2846@alex.lan> In-Reply-To: <20040209182148.30955.qmail@web41606.mail.yahoo.com> References: <45794.194.119.92.65.1076347711.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> <20040209182148.30955.qmail@web41606.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 10:21:48AM -0800, Drew wrote: > > > > > You are right. > > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile is more... > > explicit :) > > > > What do you mean? The handbook says "don't use tag=., > except for ports", but the standard file has such. > Which is it? Use it or don't? And if I do what > branch will I be getting? > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook\ > > /cvs-tags.html > > > > 5.2.1 is not here right now. > > > > Looking at that url I see two tags of note: RELENG_5_2 > and RELENG_5_2_1_RELEASE. is the _RELEASE tag just > the 5.2.1 as it was released and no updates since? Is > RELENG_5_2 current ie = 5.2.1? > > What I don't understand is what tag I should use to > follow the 5.X series. Must I change the tag > everytime a new version comes out? Is there not a tag > I can use that get the lastest in the 5.x CURRENT > series always? > Like you wrote: tag=. mean get me the latest. The reason this isn't advisable is because a bug can easly kill you system. I would advise you to use the RELENG_5_2 (i.e. 5.2 + updates) and change when the next version comes out. There aren't going to be any 5.2.1 unleas there's a good reason for. (The last FreeBSD version out of the 4.x brange that has this was 4.6) -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/
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