freebsd stable - Dec 2010 - Some /etc files seem out of date in RELENG_8 compared to RELENG_8_1

Hi,

I was just doing and update to 8-PRERELEASE from 8.1 by using the
RELENG_8 tag in cvsup.

When I used mergemaster to update /etc, there were a number of files  
being merged into /etc that are older revisions than those I had in 8.1.

You can check this for example by comparing the revision numbers at
the following URLS.

Compare say syslog.conf (there are a whole list of other files that
are out of date).

In 8.1 it has a revision of 1.30.2.1.4.1 - 5 months old

In 8.X it has a revision of 1.30.2.1 - 16 months old

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/?only_with_tag=RELENG_8_1


http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/?only_with_tag=RELENG_8

Shouldn't RELENG_8 have all the changes that went into RELENG_8_1 as
FreeBSD moves to 8.2?

Kind regards,

Geoff

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On 12/02/2010 22:25, Geoff Roberts wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was just doing and update to 8-PRERELEASE from 8.1 by using the
> RELENG_8 tag in cvsup.
> 
> When I used mergemaster to update /etc, there were a number of files
> being merged into /etc that are older revisions than those I had in 8.1.
> 
> You can check this for example by comparing the revision numbers at
> the following URLS.
> 
> Compare say syslog.conf (there are a whole list of other files that
> are out of date).
> 
> In 8.1 it has a revision of 1.30.2.1.4.1 - 5 months old
> 
> In 8.X it has a revision of 1.30.2.1 - 16 months old
> 

This is how CVS is intended to work. Though my explanation would be to
straight to the point, this URL seems to explain it in more detail.
These files are not out of date.

http://cvsman.com/cvs-1.12.12/cvs_60.php#SEC60

> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/?only_with_tag=RELENG_8_1
> 
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/?only_with_tag=RELENG_8
> 
> Shouldn't RELENG_8 have all the changes that went into RELENG_8_1 as
> FreeBSD moves to 8.2?
> 

Regards,

- -- 

 jhell,v
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Geoff Roberts <geoff@apro.com.au> writes:
> I was just doing and update to 8-PRERELEASE from 8.1 by using the
> RELENG_8 tag in cvsup.
>
> When I used mergemaster to update /etc, there were a number of files
> being merged into /etc that are older revisions than those I had in
> 8.1.
>
> You can check this for example by comparing the revision numbers at
> the following URLS.
>
> Compare say syslog.conf (there are a whole list of other files that
> are out of date).
>
> In 8.1 it has a revision of 1.30.2.1.4.1 - 5 months old
>
> In 8.X it has a revision of 1.30.2.1 - 16 months old
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/?only_with_tag=RELENG_8_1
>
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/?only_with_tag=RELENG_8
>
> Shouldn't RELENG_8 have all the changes that went into RELENG_8_1 as
> FreeBSD moves to 8.2?
It does.  The files are identical, except for the version stamp.