Re: Getting the latest pkgsrc.tar.gz

[Geert Hendrickx <ghen%telenet.be@localhost>]

On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 04:37:31PM +0400, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote:
> On 5/26/06, Geert Hendrickx <ghen%telenet.be@localhost> wrote:
> >If CVS/Tag exists, it contains the tag/branch you're on.  If it doesn't,
> >you're on pkgsrc-HEAD.  "cvs up -dP" won't change the branch you're using.
> >To switch to HEAD, use -A (to reset any tags), to switch to <branch>, use
> >-A -r<branch>.
> 
> Hmm, say I am currently tracking the 2005-Q4 branch. That means the
> CVS/Tag files in my pkgsrc should contain info that I am tracking this
> branch. Right? So then to update it every day, I just need to use "cvs
> up -dP" and automatically I will be synching with 2005-Q5. I don't
> need to specify -A or -r2005-Q4 here; coz by default I just update
> with the branch I am already in (in this case 2005-Q4).

Right.  

> Now say I want to move to the 2006-Q1 branch. I must do a "cvs up -dP
> -A -r2006-Q1". -A resets all the tags. -r2006-Q1 shifts me to the
> 2006-Q1 branch (and creates CVS/Tag for 2006-Q1 too). Subsequently, I
> can keep issuing "cvs up -dP" as usual, coz now the CVS/Tag files
> contain info that I am on 2006-Q1. Righto?

Right.  

> Finally, say I wanted to move to HEAD, then I just do a "cvs up -dP
> -A". -A resets all the tags. And subsequently I keep doing "cvs up
> -dP" as usual. Right?

Right.  

> The -A and -r options come just that one time when I make a shift.
> After that the CVS/Tag files take care of keeping me at the correct
> branch. Aye aye? :)

Aye.  

> That's all that I could make sense of from the discussion so far. I
> hope I am right. :)

You are.  

Happy CVS'ing! ;-)  

        Geert