From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 8 16:47:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A858637B401 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 16:47:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [63.93.4.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18B1443E6A for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 16:47:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost.wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g98NkpuF037579; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 17:46:51 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) with ESMTP id g98Nkp4n037576; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 17:46:51 -0600 (MDT)?g (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 17:46:51 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Martin McCormick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Safe Use of cvsup In-Reply-To: <200210081920.g98JKBw58996@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Martin McCormick wrote: > If one uses an incorrect tag in cvsup, it tends to > destroy the /usr/src tree, a sort of make zapworld. Would there > be anything wrong with backing up the /usr/src directory to a tar > file before running cvsup so that if the worst happens, one can > restore the directory to what it was before the mishap? > > I am building a new FreeBSD system from a CDROM that is a > bit out of date so I need to upgrade it after installation. You have a CDROM, so you don't need the tar file. /stand/sysinstall can install source any time you like, then run cvsup on it again. But this is better avoided by not using bad cvsup tags. 8-) -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message