On 2/28/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Another FreeBSD Newbie question pertaining to ports. > > based on the example ports-supfile > in /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile > > [snip] > *default release=cvs tag=. > [/snip] > > What I would like to know if there are any other versions of the ports. > meaning, say eg: programA, there is version 1.0, 1.0.2, 1.1 etc.. > > Is there such thing as RELENG_6 RELENG_6_1 or something like this? Or is > there only going to be 1 and only 1 version of ports? (I think there > _is_ an option, only that I don't know. I've searched through the > handbook, but I've only found references to the example ports-supfile > with the "tag=.") > > let's take gnome as an example, there's version 2.10/2.12/2.13 etc. Do > I,the user, have a choice to be able to upgrade to any of the 3 versions > as I see fit? > > Thanks. > > I'll google it up when I get home to an I-net connection. > > -- > Ow Mun Heng > Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM > 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! > Neuromancer 16:44:52 up 3 days, 19:21, 5 users, load average: 0.54, > 0.53, 0.50 > >
Short version, No. Ports, docs, etc. do not have -RELEASE tags, when you cvsup ports you always get what would be the equivalent of cvsup'ing you system up with -CURRENT, hence the dot for the release tag. You can however cvsup to a specific date and time in the passed if you use something like this "*default date=2005.10.25.00.00.00", all the zero's are for time (GMT, 24 hour clock). Longer version that says the same thing: http://groups.google.com/group/list.freebsd.questions/browse_thread/thread/d098d124350a933b/ -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
