RELENG_7 != STABLE?

Mel fbsd.questions at rachie.is-a-geek.net
Tue Feb 24 21:02:38 PST 2009


On Tuesday 24 February 2009 14:40:02 Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On Tuesday, February 24, 2009 16:38:56 -0600 Roland Smith
> <rsmith at xs4all.nl>
>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 08:33:09PM +0000, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> >> --On Tuesday, February 24, 2009 14:24:29 -0600 Mel
> >>
> >> <fbsd.questions at rachie.is-a-geek.net> wrote:
> >> > On Tuesday 24 February 2009 10:07:35 Paul Schmehl wrote:
> >> >> I have this in my /etc/cvsupfile:
> >> >>
> >> >> *default tag=RELENG_7
> >> >
> >> > And your *default prefix?
> >>
> >> *default host=cvsup12.FreeBSD.org
> >> *default base=/usr
> >
> > It should be '*default base=/var/db', I think. See
> > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile
>
> You are correct.  I've changed it.

It shouldn't matter. He just has /usr/sup now, where the collection info 
resides.

> >> *default prefix=/usr
> >> *default tag=RELENG_7
> >> *default release=cvs

Presence of tag enables checkout mode, so it's not that you have a cvs repo 
copy. Kernel date tag suggests a reboot, so the only thing that comes to mind 
is newvers.sh not having done it's job or UNAME_r set in env.
sysctl kern.osrelease also shows 7.1-PRERELEASE?

No date= present?

-- 
Mel

Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
    and never get to the software part.


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