From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 17 10:40:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 2711.dynacom.net (2711.dynacom.net [206.107.213.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 235DF37BA65 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:40:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kstewart@urx.com) Received: from NOMAD (dsl1-160.dynacom.net [206.159.132.160]) by 2711 (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA05996; Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:34:29 -0700 Message-ID: <004b01bfefb8$f920a3b0$0100fea9@NOMAD> Reply-To: "Kent Stewart" From: "Kent Stewart" To: , References: <00071708191900.03398@marbsd.tninet.se> Subject: Re: why did cvsup cvsup me from 4.0-stable to 4.1RC? Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:33:51 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rowlands" To: Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 10:46 PM Subject: why did cvsup cvsup me from 4.0-stable to 4.1RC? > I realise that the simple answer to that is "because you asked for it" > > however, I merrily cvsuped last night, as is my habit on a Sunday : > > *default host=cvsup.fi.FreeBSD.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4 > *default delete use-rel-suffix > *default compress > src-all > ports-all tag=. > > After the usual shenanigins with merge and make and shake and bake > > uname -r : 4.1-RC > > This, to me, indicates that I have some fundamental misunderstandings re cvsup / > release tags . I thought the above would track 4-stable in perpetuity. > > so what have I done wrong ? > > (If any of my ex-wives are reading this please limit your answers to the cvsup > query.) > > Should I care? > > does 4.1 = 4.0+ so many fixes and enhancements we decided to have a new > release nuimber? > > Will this my cvsup file eventually track 4.1-STABLE? I would think of it as 4-Stable and then, when it becomes 4.1-Release in the next week or so, and later 4.1-Stable, 4.2-RC, and etc. It won't be confusing. Kent > > all attempts to lift my fog of confusion gladly received. > > > -- > Mark Rowlands +4686224510 GMT + 1 > _______________________________________________ > > These opinions are mine, they are just opinions > you are free to disagree, please do so quietly > > _______________________________________________ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message