Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 09:58:08 +1000 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Keith=20Spencer?= <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: fbsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: THANKS ALL ->Re: can I tar and copy src & ports after cvsupping? Message-ID: <20010618235808.14178.qmail@web12006.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010619014825.A45835@student.uu.se>
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Thanks Erik...
As usual you people are gems!
--- Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote: > On
Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 09:36:49AM +1000, Keith
> Spencer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I am looking for a quick way out to cvsup a
> machine
> > with a slowwwwww connection.
> > I have a fast adsl connection to another machine
> and
> > have cvsupped the /src & ports trees.
> > Q1)
> > To do the same to my other slow connection machine
> can
> > I simply tarball the /usr/src and /usr/ports
> > and ftp them to my slow machine & then make etc?
> > Tell me it is that simle pleeeese.
>
> That should work fine
>
> > Q2)
> > If I tar up the trees are the or how can the
> > permissions be retained... tar -czvf do the trick?
>
> You have to use the -p flag to tar when unpacking
> the tarball.
> So:
> tar zcvf to create the tarball
> tar zxvpf to unpack it
>
>
> > Q3)
> > I have 4.2 stable on these 2 machines.
> > I have read the make world docs but to be honest I
> > have very little idea about what I am reading. It
> > looks as if I can just do the make world process
> and
> > it should work. Should I be confident here. These
> are
> > mission critical machines and I am by NO means
> expert.
> > Any tips would be invaluable. PS Keeping in mind I
> am
> > a dummy, I'd appreciate plain as possible
> language.
> > I have no external support. You good people are
> it.
> > Thanks so much
> > Keith
> >
>
> It is fairly easy. Remember to read
> /usr/src/UPDATING first.
> I would strongly recommend that you try out the
> procedure on some
> machine that is not mission-critical first if you
> can.
> That way you can make sure that everything works
> without risking
> anything important.
> ("Always mount a scratch monkey.")
>
>
> --
> <Insert your favourite quote here.>
> Erik Trulsson
> ertr1013@student.uu.se
>
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