cvsup with tag=. on src and upgrading (in general)

[Mike Harding]

I don't think you can do a 4.x -> 5.1 upgrade right now, it won't
compile world.  You can do a binary in-place upgrade, but I would
recommend doing a clean install somewhere and then copying the data
over, as 5.x is fairly different and an in-place upgrade will leave
you with some old files lying around.

- Mike H.

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   I'm just getting into regular use with cvsup (way over do on that one), 
   and I tried to specify a tag=. in the cvsup file.  Here's the file:


   # This file specifies src files are to be uploaded.
   *default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org
   # *default tag=RELENG_5_1_0_RELEASE
   *default tag=.
   *default prefix=/usr
   *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress
   *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup
   src-all




   The documentation says tag=. will download the actual CVS directories 
   so I can review changes/diffs, but I don't see them present in the 
   code.  Just the top level directory has it and it looks like it's for 
   4.X.

   Did I do something wrong with the cvsup file?

   Next question has to do with upgrading.  I have 4.6 src installed, but 
   I cvsup'd RELENG_5_1_0_RELEASE.  Does jumping several 
   releases/sub-releases like that cause problems?  Or, in other words, is 
   it wiser to do incremental upgrades?

   --Richard Schilling
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