Re: pkgsrc.tar vs pkgsrc-2020Q1.tar

[Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 15:11:43 +0100
Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost> wrote:

> * On 2020-04-18 at 15:08 BST, Sad Clouds wrote:
> 
> > Hi, what is the difference between various pkgsrc tar files on the
> > ftp site? Some were uploaded on March 31, some on Apr 18. Is this
> > to do with bug fixes which go into pkgsrc.tar vs pkgsrc-2020Q1.tar?
> > So if I get pkgsrc.tar.bz2 from this folder, I'm not getting
> > pkgsrc-current, I'm getting stable pkgsrc-2020Q1 with selected bug
> > fixes, is this correct?
> 
> pkgsrc-2020Q1.tar.* is an archive of the tag, i.e. when the branch was
> created.  pkgsrc.tar.* is an archive of the current state of the
> branch, so includes any backports.
> 
> Neither of them are pkgsrc-current, that's in the /pub/pkgsrc/current/
> directory.
> 
> -- 
> Jonathan Perkin  -  Joyent, Inc.  -  www.joyent.com

Thanks for that. This is pretty much what I was thinking.