On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 11:34:55AM -0500, Ken Smith wrote: > On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 05:15:13PM +0900, Rob wrote: > > > The two files > > > > /usr/src/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile > > /usr/src/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile > > > > both have > > > > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 > > > > although the first one claims to download CURRENT. > > > > And, eh, why is the filename "standard-supfile" and > > why not the more obvious "current-supfile" ? > > I'm not sure I understand. How was your system brought up to the > new release - was it a CD install or cvsup-ed? If cvsup-ed what did > you use as the tag during the cvsup? > > I'm seeing what you expect both in CVS and on a system installed from > CD: > > harlow 1 % cd /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ > harlow 2 % grep "default release" standard-supfile stable-supfile > standard-supfile:*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_3 > stable-supfile:*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 > harlow 3 % uname -a > FreeBSD harlow.cse.buffalo.edu 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #3: Thu Nov 4 > 16:14:06 EST 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 > harlow 4 % > > The standard-supfile is meant for people who want to track the release > branch as Errata/Security updates get applied to it.
Hmm. share/examples/cvsup/README says:
To maintain the sources for the FreeBSD-current release, use:
standard-supfile Main source tree
ports-supfile Ports collection
To maintain the sources for the FreeBSD-stable release, use:
stable-supfile Main source tree
This implies that standard-supfile should be changed to track -HEAD.
It does make sense that it should track RELENG_X_Y (RELENG_5_3 in this
case) though.
> The stable-supfile
> is meant for people who want to track the *development* branch, which
> is not recommended for people who do not have the time to watch over
> the freebsd-stable mailing list (on occasion mistakes do happen in the
> development branch and other development work can at times cause
> glitches people need to be aware of).
stable-supfile is correct then; we just need to correct the README.
Ceri
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