On 2/8/13, Anton Shterenlikht <[email protected]> wrote: > From [email protected] Fri Feb 8 17:33:09 2013 > > > > I don't think it's true. > > > While still on 9.1 ports, the latest > > > entry in UPDATING was (well I lost it now) > > > about NOV-2012. I believe the revision was > > > also substantially lower. > > > > > > AS soon as I switched to head, > > > the latest entry in UPDATING is from > > > 6-FEB-2013 and the revision is 311942. > > > > > > Or maybe I misunderstood you? > > > > You do. :-) > > The local _subversion repository_ (I know I'm using incorrent > > terminology) has a revision number: r######. Which is the same > > across different versions of FreeBSD. > > The individual ports _maintained within that repository_ have > > their individual ports numbers (e.g. libreoffice-3.6.5) ... which > > also does not vary with the FreeBSD release. One can have > > libreoffice-3.6.5 and libreoffice 3.5.4 - but those are two separate > > ports and both work (or should) on 8.3, 9.1, and -CURRENT. If a > > port has a minimum (or maximum) release of the OS it supports, there > > a mechanism for figuring that out and DTRT. > > > > Or did I misunderstand you? > > Yes, it is now branched, and he was probably using the equivalent of: > > http://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/branches/RELENG_9_1_0/ > > rather than > > http://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/head/ > > By the way, Anton, you may wish to use https:// rather than svn:// -- > slightly less efficient, but more secure. > > yes, got it, cool! > > root@zzz:/root # svn info /usr/ports/ > Path: /usr/ports > Working Copy Root Path: /usr/ports > URL: https://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/ports/head > Repository Root: https://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/ports > Repository UUID: 35697150-7ecd-e111-bb59-0022644237b5 > Revision: 311950 > Node Kind: directory > Schedule: normal > Last Changed Author: eadler > Last Changed Rev: 311950 > Last Changed Date: 2013-02-08 19:18:40 +0000 (Fri, 08 Feb 2013) > > root@zzz:/root # > > Does svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/head > support https too? >
Apparently, yes. b. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
