Does 7-CURRENT (aka cvsup tag=.) build under 6-STABLE?

illoai at gmail.com illoai at gmail.com
Mon Aug 20 10:49:03 PDT 2007


On 19/08/07, Andrew Reilly <andrew-freebsd at areilly.bpc-users.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 05:24:16AM -1000, Randy Bush wrote:
> > i just upgraded two RELENG_6 boxes to 7-CURRENT last eve.  no prob.
> > i was silly and broke the union rules by following the instructions
> > at the bottom of /usr/src/UPDATING.  it is extremely rare that i
> > have had problems on this path, 4 to 5, 5 to 6, 6 to 7.  have not
> > tried 7 to 8 yet.
>
> Thanks for the "it works" reports, folks.  Re-supped and
> currently re-building, and it seems to be going OK now.  Yes,
> I've upgraded in-place on most previous occasions, too.  (Only
> exception was to 6, from memory, because a dump/wipe/install/restore
> seemed to be the easiest way to get UFS2 onto the disks...)
>
> Oh: there's an 8?  I didn't think that 7 had been
> tagged/branched, yet.

If the "." tag gives you 7, I seriously doubt there's
an 8, although you might get into some double
secret order of banana scouts if you can figure
out the right tag.

Call me from the Bildeberg, if you [cflmrt]ake it.

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