On 5 June 2012 09:25, Erich <erichfreebsdl...@ovitrap.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On 05 June 2012 3:08:17 b. f. wrote: >> > On 05 June 2012 15:33:16 Mark Andrews wrote: >> > > >> > > In message <2490439.EC638TI0j3 at x220.ovitrap.com>, Erich writes: >> > > > Hi, >> > > > >> > All of these, with the exception of HEAD (which is always a valid tag), >> > only apply to the src/ tree. The ports/, doc/, and www/ trees are not >> > branched. >> > >> > I understand this that I can use these tags on the FreeBSD sources but not >> > on the ports. >> > >> > I never tried this on the ports. >> >> I sent a long reply to your earlier message on freebsd-ports >> explaining exactly this -- how each Ports tree snapshot has a version >> number: the date spec. Also, how a few special snapshots also have a >> second version number: the release tag. I also explained how to find >> and use these, with and without cvs. Am I wasting my time by trying >> to answer your questions, E.? > > I think that you missed my point. The point is that this has to be made > available for beginners. As long as the handbook states that this does not > apply to the ports tree, at least beginners will stop there.
"Beginners" should be using packages anyway. It is absolutely a bad idea for "beginners" to be using tagged/dated ports trees-- they are not supported and will lead to many complaints about problems that were solved since the tag. Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
