From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 5 00:50:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C52716A421 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2007 00:50:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewgould@yahoo.com) Received: from web35314.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web35314.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.163.179.108]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E5A3A13C43E for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2007 00:50:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewgould@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 91560 invoked by uid 60001); 5 Jul 2007 00:50:10 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=UfenhXmYB91Laz4j4L6QnNiUD3H7WTOdT21dqvNvH9tjNAC+kmB0l0/tOPh6aHOhHDjjY+wwwGXM5EgYT9RgvX6iFUCNShlgcInAQJvdSREA2k6l+mXIP152U7EEVQdc2J+NG+RedaUzC+aQr3THkIqHjeUfOykAEKK/BPxew60=; X-YMail-OSG: O_mZSBYVM1k0RV2j8r2flpzYueyyRDYcjFhX8jfwELAAZ2peA5nfPW4epCbN3coTE61kIzsZ15E8HL1.iqBhJLTtriW385fxummM0nPjK5l6kS38yic- Received: from [206.255.39.206] by web35314.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:50:10 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/651.38 YahooMailWebService/0.7.41.16 Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:50:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Gould To: cpghost MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ascii Message-ID: <291836.91122.qm@web35314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Subject: Re: If cvsup's a no-go, will copying work? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:50:11 -0000 >----- Original Message ---- >From: cpghost >To: Andrew Gould >Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List >Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 6:56:34 PM >Subject: Re: If cvsup's a no-go, will copying work? > >Andrew Gould wrote: >> I received permission to install a *nix at work. I installed FreeBSD 6.2; but I am unable to cvsup >successfully. I've tried the various modes. I've even tried nesting it in a Python script that tries to get >authorization through a proxy -- it didn't help, but was worth a try. >> >> I really, really, really want to get past the xorg 7* issue before I have a lot of applications installed. >> >> If a computer at home is up-to-date, can I: >> >> 1. Delete /usr/src/*, /usr/ports/* and /usr/doc/* from the work computer; and >> >> 2. copy the /usr/src/*, /usr/ports/* and /usr/doc/* from the home computer? >> >> Is it as simple as that? >> > >On more thing. I usually csup /usr/src, /usr/ports and /usr/doc on one >machine, and then rsync those directories to a lot of other machines >on an internal network. Works like a charm, and conserves bandwidth >too. rsync! (doh) and rsync works through ssh! Beautiful! Thanks. > >> Thanks, >> >> Andrew >> > >cpghost. > >-- >Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ Andrew Gould