cvsup tag for 4.8-STABLE?

[Lowell Gilbert]

Christoph Kukulies <kuku at physik.rwth-aachen.de> writes:

> I wanted to cvsup src-all from 4.8-STABLE and tried with
> *default release=cvs  tag=RELENG_4
> 
> Is this correct?

Either that or RELENG_4_8, where the latter only gets absolutely
critical fixes.

> The cvsup went fine but building the src tree resulted in
> errors.
> 
> First I got some from some multiply defined typedef (first make world).

You mean "make buildworld"?  If not, please try the recommended
procedure before asking for help.

> Then I did a 'make includes' FWIW, and the subsequent make world then gave
> a different error:
> 
> In file included from /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo/info/../../../../contrib/texinfo/info/terminal.c:35:
> /usr/include/termcap.h:42: ncurses_dll.h: No such file or directory
> mkdep: compile failed
> *** Error code 1
> 
> 
> I could have a tainted installation with traces from 5.0R but I thought
> that a cvsup would wipe them out in /usr/src and /usr/include as well.

In the former, only if you had "adopted" the source tree first (see
the cvsup faq).  In the latter, no, not necessarily.

Moving from 5.x to 4.x through a source "upgrade" is going to be a bit
tricky, even for experts.  Cleaning out the stuff that no longer
applies is definitely part of the problem.