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 > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- ian j hart Quoth the raven, bite me! Salem Saberhagen (Episode LXXXI: The Phantom Menace)
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