On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 11:59:14 +0200 Johan Mellberg <[email protected]> wrote: > dan mclaughlin skrev den 2015-04-11 10:55: > > On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 10:27:19 +0200 Johan Mellberg > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I want to start following -stable so I have read > >> http://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.html and > >> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldGetSrc as well as looking through > >> the mailing list archives > >> â for cvs from preloaded sourceâ > >> . > >> > >> I thought that I'd preload the sources so downloaded all of sys, src, ports > >> and xenocara and put them in /usr as per instructions. > >> > >> No problem, but I am left with one unclear issue > >> â (complete cvs noob). On http://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.html > >> â â > >> it says > >> > >> "NOTE: If you are updating a source tree that you initially fetched from a > >> different server, or from a CD, you must add the -d [cvsroot] option to > >> cvs. > >> > >> # cd /usr/src > >> # cvs -d [email protected]:/cvs -q up -Pd" > >> > >> âI do not understand what version I then end up with, because on â > >> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldGetSrc > >> â and above the quoted section it says to add -rOPENBSD_5_6 to get > >> -stable > >> (for 5.6) when checking out from scratch. But I am not sure sinceâ this > >> is > >> the only example for updating preloaded files. IF I run that there is > >> updating of course, but there's no "Tag" that tells me if it is HEAD or > >> whatever. If I add -rOPENBSD_5_6 I get the Tag file of course but what > >> version do I get without it?!? And how should I update the next time? > >> > >> Thanks/Johan > >> > > > > the version you get without any tag is -current, the latest version, lagging > > by only a few hours at most from what the devs commit, depending on the > > server. > > > Ah, thanks! I suspected that, but as I said was not sure. I'll add the > -r<version> from now on. Would it perhaps be something to add to the web > page then, in the interest of absolute clarity? > > Also, if I have updated to -current as per above what is the result if > I rerun the update, but with the tag? I have tried it and while I do get > the Tag file (saying "TOPENBSD_5_6") I again do not quite understand > what I should expect in that case. >
really not sure what would happen, never used the tags myself (i just run -current). to be on the safe side though, you could just grab the src.tar.gz for 5.6 as a starting point and run the update again with the stable tag.
