cvs tag usage

[David Southwell]

> David Southwell wrote:
> > I am confused about the usage of the tag for src.
> >
> > I took a look at the web pages and found the following choices:
> >
> > _7_BP
> > _7_2_BP
> > _7_2_0_RELEASE
> > _7_2
> >
> > But could not find anything that told me where -p2 fits into this!!
> >
> >
> > # uname -a
> >
> > 7.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jun 24 00:14:35 UTC 2009
> > root at amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
> >
> > To synchronize src do I use:
> >
> > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2
> > will this automatically track the latest version in 7_2  and therefore
> > keep track with 7.2-RELEASE-p2 or later??
>
> Yes. RELENG_7_2 is the security patched update of Release. The -p2 means
> there have been two security patches applied to the source code. The actual
> release (RELENG_7_2_0_RELEASE) is static and will never change. The only
> thing that changes with _7_2 is the addition/inclusion of the patches you
> see in the security announcements.
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
Thanks for being helpful.. it might be useful if these designations appeared 
somewhere in the documentation-- but I guess there is enough for people to 
do!!! From what you are saying using 
 *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2

will work for me

Thanks again

David