On Friday 06 February 2004 10:32 am, jens wrote: > Hi folks, > I have build the ports tree using the default ports-sup file tag > tag=. > > I want to understand why my ports tree is wiped off when i change the > tag value to > RELENG_5_2_0_RELEASE > or > RELENG_5 > or > RELENG_5_2 > > in order to get the ports updating. I followed the instructions of > the bsd manual assuming to stick to the latest stable version/branch. > > Exerpt of the ports sup_file > > # IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror > sites # listed at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors.html. > *default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_2_0_RELEASE > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > > does that mean there is no upgrade of the ports. I assume not because > the whole tree is wiped off.
That is what it means. The only tag for ports is "tag=.". They may build packages for 5.2-release but cvsup only knows about tag=. for ports-all. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"