Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 10:26:00 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Timmons <skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Just CVS (was Re: CVS question, sendmail, named) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970216101745.23738B-100000@opus.cts.cwu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199702161802.MAA02552@nexgen.ampr.org>
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Hmmmm.... doing a 'make release' without a CVS repository might be a little hard. It checks out a revision of the source for the release you are building from CVS. However, you could certainly look through /usr/src/release/Makefile to see if you could short-circuit things a bit to use a copy of your local sources (skipping CVS.) One other thing you will want to know if you start rolling your own releases: you'll need to be running a kernel with the vn pseudo-device, as in: pseudo-device vn #Vnode driver (turns a file into a device) If you have a slow machine and start a make release without running a kernel that has this compiled in - you will get an unpleasant surprise :( You don't NEED to have the CD-ROM to get the CVS repository, particularly if you are in a LAN environment and have 56KB or greater connectivity. Doing the initial download over a slow dialup is likely to be unsatisfying. -Chris On Sun, 16 Feb 1997 dkelly@hiwaay.net wrote: > Thanks for the reply, its been most helpfull. > > I don't have a recent CDROM of FreeBSD. OTOH I have: > > nexgen: {253} ls -CF /usr/sup > ports-all/ src-all/ src-eBones/ src-secure/ > > ...created by cvsup using the file I posted earlier (and see below). > > What I'm really trying to do (and maybe "make release" doesn't do it?) is > to build a -SNAP of my current sources in order to play with newer > sysinstall's and clone my system to friend's machines without having to > download the entire -GAMMA's. > > Am I on the right track? >
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