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Subject: Re: CVSup question
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Simon Gao wrote:
> What if I just want to update ports for 5 stable tree? If using HEAD, 
> then may some ports being updated be current but not stable? Or there is 
> no such things as stable or current ports?
> Simon
> 
> 
> Joe Holden wrote:
>> Simon Gao wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have some machines running FreeBSD 5.2.1. Is it safe to update 
>>> ports to 5.4_stable via CVSup? Or should I use 5_stable?
>>>
>>
>> Ports are independant of base branch, ports should generally be HEAD 
>> (tag=.).
>>
>> HTH,
>> Joe
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You can update ports to a release date, or infact an actual date.