ports sup tag (was: Re: )

[Pete French]

> There is no such a thing as "4.9 ports tree"  or "5.2 ports tree". Some

Sigh.. to make it *very* clear

"4.9 ports tree" = "the ports tree that was on the 4.9 RELEASE CD"
"5.2 ports tree" = "the ports tree that was on the 5.2 RELEASE CD"

> release, from which the packages for that release where build, in which
> case you will use the release name, eg. 4_9_0.

Which is what I *do* want.

I am cvsupping anumber of machines. I am doing this on different days, but I
want to end up with the same ports. If I just use '.' then I cant guarantee
this, as ports change all the time. If I use one of the tags then I know
I am getting the same set of ports. I also know that as that set of ports
was frozen for a release then they are guaranteed to work and build together.
I hav (occasionally) used the '.' tag and got a set of ports that didnt quite
build togther.

I dont see why people have a conceptual problem with this. To me its the
obvious way to ensure that you are always going to get the same set of ports
on a machine, no matter how far into the future from the -RELEASE you
happen to update it.

-pcf.