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Date:      Sun, 4 Jul 2004 21:59:41 +0200
From:      platanthera <platanthera@web.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com>
Subject:   Re: Updating newly installed FreeBSD-5.2.1
Message-ID:  <200407042159.41839.platanthera@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <20040704125312.GY476@crom.vickiandstacey.com>
References:  <20040704122612.GX476@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <20040704124002.GB87468@keyslapper.org> <20040704125312.GY476@crom.vickiandstacey.com>

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On Sunday 04 July 2004 14:53, Stacey Roberts wrote:
> Hello Louis,
>       Thanks for the response.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis LeBlanc <freebsd@keyslapper.org>"
> To: To freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Date: Sun, 04 Jul, 2004 13:40 BST
> Subject: Re: Updating newly installed FreeBSD-5.2.1
>
> > On 07/04/04 01:26 PM, Stacey Roberts sat at the `puter and typed:
> > > Hello,
> > >      Forgive the simple question here, please.
> > >
> > > I've just installed FreeBSD-5.2.1 from BSDMall's CD-Set, and I
> > > wanted to do what I'd usually do with a new installation of
> > > FreeBSD-4.x, which is to update it to the latest "stable" of that
> > > version. Now I know that there is no "Stable" version of 5.x as
> > > yet, but I wondered what it is that the supfiles located at
> > > /usr/share/examples/cvsup should be for what I want to do.
> > >
> > > The standard-supfile that is currently on my 5.2.1 install has :
> > >
> > > *default release=cvs tag=.
> > >
> > > Isn't that going to get me CURRENT?
> > >
> > > I had a look for what I would have thought should be branch
> > > information for RELENG_5_2_1, but couldn't actually find
> > > anything. What should I use?
> >
> > I believe the tag you're looking for is RELENG_5_2, but you might
> > want to check here first:
> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.
> >html
>
> Thanks for that link.., I missed that.
>
> So should I change the *standard-supfile* to read:
> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_2
>
> Or, should I make the amendments to *stable-supfile*? Or does it not
> matter in this case?

it doesn't matter. however, it might not be the best idea to edit/use 
one of the sample supfiles in /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ directly, 
since these files get overridden every time you install world. 
just copy one of them to a 'safe' location, apply your changes and (if 
you want to use 'make update' in /usr/src) adjust /etc/make.conf

have fun

> Thanks again for taking the time to respond.
>
> Regards,
>
> Stacey
>
> > HTH
> > Lou
> > --
> > Louis LeBlanc               leblanc@keyslapper.org
> > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :)
> > http://www.keyslapper.org                     ????
> >
> > Cheops' Law:
> >   Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.



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