Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:40:39 +0000 From: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> To: kris@FreeBSD.org Cc: stable@freebsd.org, dougb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Is it O.K. to use the 7.0 ports tree on 6.3 ? Message-ID: <E1Ivy3b-000Acq-Tn@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> In-Reply-To: <47482485.7030906@FreeBSD.org>
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> Yes, it definitely will not work. When files are deleted from the ports > tree after your initial tarball extraction, c[v]sup will not notice that > they are missing (since it does not have a baseline), and will not > remove them. Thus, you will encounter ports with "stale" patches that > no longer apply, or apply but break the compilation, etc. Ahhh, right. So preseuably an install off the CD does something to give csup a baseline which I am missing (or is csupping the ports on a tree installed as part of the install process a bad idea too?). > There is a FAQ about this on the cvsup webpage on www.polstra.com that > explains in detail. Thanks, will take a look. Learn something new every day I guess! :) -pete.
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