From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 1 11:30:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 472C61065671 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 11:30:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 925288FC1A for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 11:30:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m21BUQ20016443; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 11:30:28 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.4.4 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk m21BUQ20016443 Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk; dkim=hardfail (SSP) header.i=unknown Message-ID: <47C93E52.8030300@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:30:26 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Chris H." References: <1204151575.84335.3.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> <1204310983.47c853c70577d@imp.free.fr> <47C89B18.8010803@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20080301011750.3paot6klcw4ko04o@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <20080301011750.3paot6klcw4ko04o@webmail.1command.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:30:28 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/6062/Sat Mar 1 04:56:21 2008 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE Available X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:30:44 -0000 Chris H. wrote: > * log on as root - or su to root after logging on as regular user > * type /usr/sbin/sysinstall - this brings up the installer again > * choose post install > * choose install additional ports/packages > * choose net/cvsup-without-gui > * when finished, exit the installer A very nice worklist, except for the section above. I have two objections to it. The first is aesthetic, since you could simply replace all those steps by typing: # pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui at the root shell prompt. The second is a functional objection: it's a waste of time to install cvsup-without-gui when csup(1) is in the base system (and has been since 6.1-RELEASE or there abouts.) A typical command to download the contents of /usr/src changes from: # cvsup -g -L 2 -h cvsup.XX.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile to # csup -L 2 -h cvsup.XX.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile (where XX is the two letter ISO code for the country where you live (or 'uk')) Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW