Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 20:26:03 -0800 From: Eric Melville <eric@FreeBSD.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Adding support for a global src tree serial number Message-ID: <20020201202603.A69486@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <79300.1012474898@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 01:01:38PM %2B0200 References: <79300.1012474898@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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> I'd like to propose the addition of a global src tree serial number that > uniquely identifies an imaginary snapshot of the src tree. > > Essentially, the serial number lives in a file, the name of which is > not important until I have buy-in on the concept. Let's call it > src/SERIAL for now. Yes, I'll need to do something along these lines for binary updates. I think about it occasionally but haven't come up with anything concrete. It sounds like you're on to something, although for my purposes the mechanism must be more fine-grained. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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