From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 14 20:58:02 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 8DF0116A415 for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:58:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69C5213C45B for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:58:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l0EKw1PT029498 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:58:02 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.5.99] (nilakantha.cs.washington.edu [128.208.5.99]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l0EKw1lK004848 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:58:01 -0800 Message-ID: <45AA9959.8070406@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:58:01 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <73161.84816.qm@web51108.mail.yahoo.com> <20070114202517.GA3404@kobe.laptop> <45AA9619.8050103@gmail.com> <200701141552.57011.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <200701141552.57011.lists@jnielsen.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.1.14.124432 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: advice on compiling a new kernel & upgrading to the latest sources 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: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:58:02 -0000 John Nielsen wrote: > On Sunday 14 January 2007 15:44, kbtrace wrote: > >> Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> >>> On 2007-01-14 11:56, Dino Vliet wrote: >>> >>>> 2. Cd /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf which contains the file MYKERNEL >>>> >>> No it doesn't. CVSup will delete the files it doesn't know about, so >>> you should *SAVE a copy* of your favorite kernel config file outside of >>> the source tree and *copy* it into `/usr/src/sys/amd64/conf' after >>> CVSup finishes updates the sources. >>> >> But in my practice, CVSup did nothing with my own kernel config file. >> In my memory, cvs did nothing with the files not in the source tree. >> > > Generally speaking, CVSup will delete files it doesn't know about. However, > all of the src/sys//conf directories have .cvsignore files in them > which prevents this behavior. > > JN This line in the cvsup file changes that behavior (from ): *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress Don't want stuff deleted when cvsup runs (not wise, but you can do it)?, remove the delete keyword in your cvsup file. -Garrett