Page MenuHomeFreeBSD

freebsd-update: remove $FreeBSD$ special case
Needs ReviewPublic

Authored by emaste on Nov 27 2024, 5:04 PM.
Tags
None
Referenced Files
Unknown Object (File)
Wed, Dec 24, 9:06 AM
Unknown Object (File)
Dec 7 2025, 5:46 AM
Unknown Object (File)
Dec 7 2025, 2:52 AM
Unknown Object (File)
Nov 26 2025, 2:40 PM
Unknown Object (File)
Nov 8 2025, 1:50 AM
Unknown Object (File)
Nov 6 2025, 8:47 AM
Unknown Object (File)
Nov 3 2025, 2:53 AM
Unknown Object (File)
Oct 31 2025, 3:59 AM
Subscribers
None
This revision needs review, but there are no reviewers specified.

Details

Reviewers
None
Summary
Git is used for all supported FreeBSD versions, and $FreeBSD$ is either
not expanded or removed entirely.  We no longer need to compare files
except for $FreeBSD$.

Diff Detail

Lint
Lint Skipped
Unit
Tests Skipped

Event Timeline

emaste created this revision.
usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
2606–2607

I suspect that this case ("differs ... only due to RCS tag expansion") is no longer applicable and should just be removed instead

Actually I think all of these cases no longer exist and we can just remove this functionality altogether.