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Date:      Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:34:28 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs tag usage
Message-ID:  <4ad871310908041334k43cb70e2t572276edcf0caee7@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <d873d5be0908041254x710b250sca7c2eea71b0f4a9@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <d873d5be0908041254x710b250sca7c2eea71b0f4a9@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:54 PM, b. f.<bf1783@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Glen Barber <glen.j.barber at gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:43 PM, David Southwell<david at vizion2000.net> =
wrote:
>>> I am confused about the usage of the tag for src.
>>>
>>> I took a look at the web pages and found the following choices:
>>>
>>> _7_BP
>>> _7_2_BP
>>
>>BP ?
>>
>
> It is the "branchpoint" tag, made when a release branch is first created:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/release-proc.h=
tml
>

I see.  Noted.

> It is not documented in most places because it is primarily of
> interest to developers.
>
>>> _7_2_0_RELEASE
>>
>>Should be RELENG. =A0Don't blindly follow how-tos.
>>
>
> RELENG_7_2_0_RELEASE is a valid tag. =A0Don't make pronouncements if you
> haven't verified them.
>

He has _7_2_0_RELEASE, not RELENG_7_0_2_RELEASE.

>>> _7_2
>>>
>>> But could not find anything that told me where -p2 fits into this!!
>>>
>>
>>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html
>
> More to the point is the following page in the handbook:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html
>


--=20
Glen Barber



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