Incorrect tag= in /usr/src/share/examples/cvsup/sta(ble|ndard) in 9.0-PRERELEASE?

[Sergey Kandaurov]

On 1 December 2011 10:20, Milan Obuch <freebsd-current at dino.sk> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:22:39 +0300
> Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 29 November 2011 20:16, Maxim Khitrov <max at mxcrypt.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Sergey Kandaurov
>> > <pluknet at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On 26 November 2011 11:44, Milan Obuch <freebsd-current at dino.sk>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> I am playing a bit with 9.0-PRERELEASE compiling it from source
>> >>> updated via csup. In both example files there is line specifying
>> >>> what to csup
>> >>>
>> >>> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8
>> >>>
>> >>> which is incorrect, I think. It is convenient for me to issue just
>> >>>
>> >>> csup -h cvsup.freebsd.sk /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile
>> >>>
>> >>> to update full sources without need to create any cvsup config
>> >>> file, however in system installed from 9.0 snapshot (maybe two
>> >>> weeks old) this file points to version 8 files, so I need to
>> >>> correct it for 9.0-PRERELEASE to not accidentally download older
>> >>> version sources.
>> >>>
>> >>> The same is also true after upgrade from source - make
>> >>> installworld install example files pointing to older version...
>> >>>
>> >>> Is it something I do not know about or is it an oversight? I
>> >>> think this line should already be changed to new tag...
>> >>>
>> >>> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_9
>> >>
>> >> Hi.
>> >>
>> >> Fixed. Thanks for your report.
>> >> Now cvs tag points to RELENG_9 in 9.x sources.
>> >
>> > Should standard-supfile also be updated to point to RELENG_9_0? I'm
>> > using csup with "tag=RELENG_9_0" and standard-supfile still points
>> > to HEAD.
>>
>> Yep, sure.
>> I just sent a request to the Release Engineering Team.
>>
>
> It works for me now as expected, thanks.
>
> Anyway, there is a question what the difference between stable-supfile
> and standard-supfile should be. I looked in my local csupped sources,
> they are the same in 6-STABLE (OK, some history here), 7-STABLE,
> 8-STABLE and 9-STABLE. Are they expected to be used differently?

In STABLE branches standard-supfile and stable-supfile are used to have
the same cvs tag. FYI, compare how it is done in RELEASE branches.

> And, second one - what about CURRENT? In stable-supfile I see
> tag=RELENG_9 which is not quite clear, but just for some pedantry... I
> use standard-supfile for CURRENT, so this is not an issue for me either.

To my knowledge, in CURRENT a standard-supfile's cvs tag should be
read as "the latest (i.e. the most recently created) stable branch".

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