Subject: Re: Build strategy
To: tech-pkg@netbsd.org <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Nicola Bolla <nicola.bolla@erogasmet.it>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 05/07/2004 18:22:33
Il ven, 2004-05-07 alle 17:55, Jeremy C. Reed ha scritto:
> On Fri, 7 May 2004, Lubomir Sedlacik wrote:
> 
> > > One idea is to use the "stable" version of pkgsrc. In CVS it is tagged
> > > as "pkgsrc-2003Q4". It only has changes for security fixes and a few
> > > infrastructure or build problems.
> >
> > the pkgsrc-2003Q4 branch is not supported anymore.  the latest stable
> > branch is pkgsrc-2004Q1.
> 
> Sorry. Thanks. I had quickly looked at Q4 versus Q1 and copy-and-pasted
> the wrong one.
> 
> Anyways ... where should this be documented? I don't see any reference to
> "stable" or how to use "pkgsrc-2004Q1" at the Pkgsrc webpage.
> 
> More information is at
> http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-announce/2004/03/29/0000.html
> 

The existence of a "stable" branch of pkgsrc is a very good news for
me.... Is it enough to add the file 

/usr/pkgsrc/Tag
--------------- begin
Tpkgsrc-2004Q1
--------------- end

and than do a 

# cd /usr/pkgsrc
# cvs update -dP

to "downgrade" my /usr/pkgsrc tree to the stable branch?

-- Nicola