From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 14 18:54: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6336C37B855 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:54:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.255.96.51]) by mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000715025319.SETG3760.mta02-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Sat, 15 Jul 2000 02:53:19 +0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA00931; Sat, 15 Jul 2000 02:53:54 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 02:53:54 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Doug Barton Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem cvsup'ing gnats Message-ID: <20000715025354.A257@parish> References: <20000714181645.C237@parish> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Doug@gorean.org on Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 12:40:38PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 12:40:38PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > > How does all this work without a tag? > > > > > > The question you really want to ask yourself is, what do the tags mean, > > > and why _would_ you specify a tag to slurp the gnats files? > > > > > > > The answer to both your questions (I know you posed 3, but I don't > > want hitting with a stick) > > Don't knock it till you've tried it. :) > > > is that I (mis)understood that if there was > > no ``tag='' entry then ``tag=.'' was the default, i.e. src-all would > > get you -current. > > The . tag for cvsup is just a handy reference to HEAD in cvs. You > didn't really answer my question, which is what do the tags mean. Here's a > hint for you. Where are the ,v files for the gnats collection? > At this particular moment in time I don't have any fsck'ing idea. I'm new to this cvs (i.e. as opposed to cvsup) stuff. My understanding of the cvs{,up} mechanism is obviously incomplete. I shall read further. Appreciate the push in the right direction. > Doug > -- > "Live free or die" > - State motto of my ancestral homeland, New Hampshire > > Do YOU Yahoo!? > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message