From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Jun 28 03:49:12 2010
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D6D1065675
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:49:12 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com)
Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [IPv6:2607:f678:1010::34])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 789B88FC18
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:49:12 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id o5S3n7CI056069
	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT);
	Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:49:08 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com)
Received: (from uucp@localhost)
	by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id o5S3n7vj056068; 
	Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:49:07 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407)
	id AA07869; Sun, 27 Jun 10 20:46:06 PDT
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:42:21 -0700
From: perryh@pluto.rain.com
To: m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk
Message-Id: <4c281a1d.+P6RmxXnJedTzehg%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
References: <77CAB0EBFD944983B4A128424E55872D@GRANTPC>
	<4C27BF47.9010407@infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <4C27BF47.9010407@infracaninophile.co.uk>
User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.0 p#3
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:49:12 -0000

Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:

> Fix your ports supfile: for ports you /always/ want HEAD ...

s/always/almost &/

If one wanted to download a copy of the ports tree as it existed
when, say, 6.1 was released, specifying the corresponding tag would
be the way to get it.  Granted one seldom wants a frozen checkpoint
like that.