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

[peter lageotakes]

Thanks Richard,

I kind of start to rethink about my original choice of
tags based on:

<quote>
Section A.6 contains branch tags that users might be
interested in. 
When specifying a tag in CVSup's configuration file,
it must be 
preceded with tag= (RELENG_4 will become
tag=RELENG_4). Keep in mind 
that only the tag=. is relevant for the ports
collection.
</quote>

But the quote below is says: 
Note: The ports tree does not have any tag associated
with it, it is always CURRENT.

I guess it means that it will just delete and install
the ports collection no matter what the tag points
too.

I had to do a sanity check.  I started second guessing
myself.

Pete


--- Richard Schilling <rschi at rsmba.biz> wrote:
> Thanks for all the help folks.  The documentation
> does come up a bit 
> shy on clarity (no offense) - found myself guessing
> a bit . . .
> 
> I know that tag=. specifies the HEAD node, but I was
> a bit confused by 
> the documentation.  It does say that
> 	*default tag=.
> 
> will retreive FreeBSD-CURRENT, and when tag and date
> are absent you get 
> the RCS files.  My bad I guess.
> 
> But, the documentation confused me with  this:
> 
> <quote>
> 
> For our example, we wish to receive FreeBSD-CURRENT.
> We add this line 
> at the beginning of our supfile:
> 
> *default tag=.
> 
> There is an important special case that comes into
> play if you specify 
> neither a tag= field nor a date= field. In that
> case, you receive the 
> actual RCS files directly from the server's CVS
> repository,
> 
> </quote>
> 
> followed by this . . .
> 
> <quote>
> Section A.6 contains branch tags that users might be
> interested in. 
> When specifying a tag in CVSup's configuration file,
> it must be 
> preceded with tag= (RELENG_4 will become
> tag=RELENG_4). Keep in mind 
> that only the tag=. is relevant for the ports
> collection.
> </quote>
> 
> So, I am not sure what tag=. fetches when run on
> src-all.  It it 
> invalid (unpredictable) or actually FreeBSD-CURRENT?
> 
> I don't have the example cvsup files in
> /usr/share/examples/cvsup.  Did 
> I not install a port?
> 
> --Richard Schilling
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