From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 14 14:35:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC9C216A41F for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:35:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.200.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A51C43D4C for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:35:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) Received: from eisenhower.ascendency.net ([67.173.128.145]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2006031414354801300o13vbe>; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:35:49 +0000 Received: from Mike8500 ([192.168.1.5]) (authenticated bits=0) by eisenhower.ascendency.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2EEZkR4029731 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:35:47 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) From: "Mike Loiterman" To: "'Erik Trulsson'" , "'Duane Whitty'" Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:35:46 -0600 Message-ID: <016f01c64774$95c54630$0501a8c0@Mike8500> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcZHQ0TXgJAQSe37Q927setSu/W8bQAMTvCw In-Reply-To: <20060314082151.GA35446@owl.midgard.homeip.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (eisenhower.ascendency.net [192.168.1.22]); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:35:48 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Ports upgrade policy X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: mike@ascendency.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:35:51 -0000 Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 04:18:13AM -0400, Duane Whitty wrote: >> Mike Loiterman wrote: >>> This is my supfile: >>> >>> *default host=cvsup1.FreeBSD.org >>> *default base=/usr >>> *default prefix=/usr >>> *default release=cvs >>> *default tag=RELENG_6_0 >>> *default delete use-rel-suffix >>> >>> src-all >>> >>> *default tag=. >>> ports-all >>> doc-all >>> >>> I have been using it like this for years, obviously changing to the >>> latest release tag. I haven't had problem and I'm not having >>> problems, but my question is this: >>> >>> Is it advisable to sync my source to RELEASE, but to CURRENT for >>> ports? Typically, I upgade my ports a few days after they get >>> updated so I'm always running the latest version, but would it be >>> better to sync both ports and source to RELEASE? >>> >> Hi Mike, >> >> It would be nice I guess if ports were tagged like src but they are >> not. Basically HEAD is all there is vis-a-vis tags. You can specify >> a specific date however. > > Ports *are* tagged for each release, but they are not branched. Yes, I know, which is why I asked the question...which is better? ------------------------------ Mike Loiterman grantADLER Tel: 630-302-4944 Fax: 773-442-0992 Email: mike@ascendency.net PGP Key: 0xD1B9D18E