> cvs co -rpkgsrc-2006Q1 pkgsrc gives you an up-to-date *revision* of the
> pkgsrc-2006Q1 *branch*.  This branch has been created a while ago, but th=
e
> above mentioned command gives you the latest version of that branch.  The
> fact that this branch contains older versions of most packages contained =
in
> it, is a property of pkgsrc and not of CVS.

Ofcourse. What you explained is how I had understood things. :)

So when a document says get the "latest sources", then shouldn't those
sources be -current instead of 2006-Q1? (Ofcourse, the notion "latest"
could vary from person to person ... in its own right 2006-Q1 too is
latest, so my point isn't any biggie. Just that if *I* were to have
downloaded 2006-Q1 thinking its the latest, and then found some of the
stuff in it is old, I'd have got the wrong impression that NetBSD's
packages are old).

Thanks for the explanation. The "revision" and "branch" thing got all
the more clearer to me after you explained. :)

Rakhesh


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