Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:41:48 +0300 From: Cristian KLEIN <cristi@net.utcluj.ro> To: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, Robert Backhaus <robbak@robbak.com> Subject: Re: small purposal for change in installworld Message-ID: <4703FE8C.3070500@net.utcluj.ro> In-Reply-To: <2fd864e0710030030h1bbacc5enc6e1502cb2929dbf@mail.gmail.com> References: <bef9a7920710021757kc553836g8aae00ca139830f6@mail.gmail.com> <d4499580710030004m2fb57600ke9e4ac7159e95fb7@mail.gmail.com> <bef9a7920710030011m735a7b53y572510ac74bf1cb5@mail.gmail.com> <2fd864e0710030030h1bbacc5enc6e1502cb2929dbf@mail.gmail.com>
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Astrodog wrote: > On 10/3/07, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 10/3/07, Robert Backhaus <robbak@robbak.com> wrote: >>> On 10/3/07, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Installworld shouldn't clobber the supfiles in >>>> /usr/share/example/cvsup... having to change the default host after >>>> every build/install world is annoying >>> Another option is to always specify the host on the command line (csup >>> -h cvsup2.au.freebsd.org ....) or using a tool like fastest_cvsup >>> (csup -h `fastest_cvsup -qc au` ...). >>> > > Given the inherent dangers of using cvsup, and updating from source, I > do not believe this... minor barrier to entry really deserves > consideration, and I'm sure we can all agree that it really would be > best to paint it blue. Although I share this viewpoint, I really think that the "/etc/make.conf" / "make update" mechanism should be documented in the handbook, now that FreeBSD has an integraded csup. Perhaps http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html would be a good place?
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