[GLLUG] freebsd upgrade question

[Adam McDougall]

ports should always be tag=. unless you insist on having
the exact set of ports supplied with a release.  This is
usually not desirable since only the ports HEAD branch (tag=.)
gets updated for security, upgrades, etc.  Ports are intended
to work with at least the last few releases of FreeBSD, 
including a major version.  Sometimes when needs diverge,
they will offer a small overhaul on the ports website for
older systems so the latest ports still work.

RELENG_4 is the tag for the 4-stable branch.  There may be
release tags for specific versioned branches off of 4 or 5.
You need a tag something like RELENG_4_10_RELEASE to get 
an actual release at a specific date.  Be forwarned that
cvsuping with a nonexistant tag will delete the files you
are intending to update.  If this happens just cancel 
and fix the tag.  

On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 09:26:44AM -0400, Scott Harrison wrote:

  Hi:
  
  When doing a freebsd upgrade (i.e. 4.9 to 4.10)
  (make update; make world; make kernel; mergemaster; etc),
  is it necessary to set both supfile and portssupfile
  to point to the release (i.e. RELENG_4_10)?
  Or, can I leave portssupfile as "tag=." and that would
  or would not effect the update-world-kernel-mergemaster
  effect?
  
  Specifically,
  for the /etc/make.conf file, I do this
  SUPFILE=        /usr/home/sharrison/stable-supfile_4_10R
  PORTSSUPFILE=   /usr/home/sharrison/ports-supfile_4_10R
  
  And,
  diff ports-supfile_4_10R ports-supfile_4_10R~
  54c54
  < *default release=cvs tag=4_10R
  ---
  > *default release=cvs tag=.
  diff stable-supfile_4_10R stable-supfile_4_10R~
  73c73
  < *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_10
  ---
  > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4
  
  The above is a working recipe that has worked for
  me before.  I really want to reboot into release
  prior to cvsup-ing to current.  I hear that upgrading
  to release is the safest way to go.
  
  Can I leave portssupfile as "tag=." and that would
  or would not effect the update-world-kernel-mergemaster
  effect?  I have RTFM-ed, etc and have my own guesswork,
  but when doing a freebsd upgrade... am inclined to stick
  with working recipe first.
  
  Also, I would assume that (http://www.freebsd.org/security/)
  RELENG_4 == RELENG_4_10? ...although I also try to avoid
  assumptions during an upgrade...
  
  Thanks in advance to any tips out there.
  
  Regards,
  Scott
  
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