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Date:      Wed, 6 Jun 2012 16:31:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Graham Todd <gtodd@bellanet.org>
To:        Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, "freebs @mail.isc.org>> Current FreeBSD" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Erich <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>, Adam Strohl <adams-freebsd@ateamsystems.com>
Subject:   Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206061627040.9975@wawanesa.iciti.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20120605060950.GC32448@lonesome.com>
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Mark Linimon wrote:

> It's not particularly easy to see this on cvsweb.  But let's take a look
> at a random Mk/bsd.*.mk file via 'cvs log':
>
>  RCS file: /home/FreeBSD/pcvs/ports/Mk/bsd.apache.mk,v
>  Working file: bsd.apache.mk
>  head: 1.36
>  branch:
>  locks: strict
>  access list:
>  symbolic names:
>          RELEASE_8_3_0: 1.35
>          RELEASE_9_0_0: 1.33
>          RELEASE_7_4_0: 1.26
>          RELEASE_8_2_0: 1.26
>          RELEASE_6_EOL: 1.26
>  [...]
>          RELEASE_6_1_0: 1.9
>          RELEASE_5_5_0: 1.9
>  [...]
>
> and so forth.
>
> The line "RELEASE_8_3_0: 1.35" tells you "the version of this file
> as of tag RELEASE_8_3_0 was r1.35."  So that's what's on the 8.3R
> distribution media.

Is there any way to access this information using tools like pkg_* pkgng 
or ports make targets?  Or does one use cvs/svn?

ps: Thanks all for your work on ports!



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