ports sup tag (was: Re: )

Dmitry Pryanishnikov dmitry at atlantis.dp.ua
Fri Jan 16 06:52:20 PST 2004


Hello!

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:31:51 +0000
> Pete French <petefrench at keithprowse.com> wrote:
>
> > > None. But if you want the snap-shot of 5.2R's ports why cvsup ? The
> > > cvsup will get you nothing.
> >
> > That rather depends on what you are cvsupping from. I had 4.9 ports tree,
> > I wanted 5.2 ports tree. I thought cvs might be a reasonable way to
> > get it!
>
> There is no such a thing as "4.9 ports tree"  or "5.2 ports tree". Some

 I say "5.2 ports tree" when I want to get ports tree which come with
5.2-RELEASE distribution. Such a thing definitely exists. Period.

> The only tag for cvsup-ping ports should be HEAD (.) unless you have a

 Should != must.

Sincerely, Dmitry
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