cvs tag usage

[Erik Trulsson]

On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 03:07:20PM -0400, Glen Barber wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:43 PM, David Southwell<david at vizion2000.net> 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
> 
> BP ?

BP = Branch Point.  It is a tag which marks the place where the
corresponding branch was created.


> 
> > _7_2_0_RELEASE
> 
> Should be RELENG.  Don't blindly follow how-tos.
> 
> > _7_2
> >
> > But could not find anything that told me where -p2 fits into this!!
> >
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html
> 
> >
> > # 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??
> >
> > or
> > do I need to use something like:
> >
> > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2-p2
> >
> 
> No.  Read the link I posted above.
> 
> > Where can I find some explanation on this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> 
> 
> 
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> Glen Barber
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