Re: Tracking 4-stable rather than 4.8-stable

From: Andy Farkas (andyf_at_speednet.com.au)
Date: 05/27/03

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    Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 09:18:02 +1000 (EST)
    To: Elden Fenison <efbsd@moondog.org>
    
    

    On Mon, 26 May 2003, Elden Fenison wrote:
    > * Jukka Huvinen [05/26/2003 09:38]:
    > > If I update the ports collection with cvsup, it becomes to "current".
    > > (tag=.) I think there is no alternative, tag=RELENG_4 does not fetch
    > > the tree.
    >
    > The ports tree is always -CURRENT (tag=.). It should be fine for general
    > use with either -RELEASE or -STABLE.

    You can cvsup a ports tree from any major release by using
    `ports-all tag=RELEASE_x_y_z`.

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