From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 4 4:44:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.bfm.org (mail.bfm.org [216.127.218.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0CB337B839 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 04:44:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Ryugen@palaver.org) Received: from primo.bfm.org ([216.127.218.20]) by mail.bfm.org (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-52399U2500L250S0V35) with SMTP id org for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 06:44:56 -0500 Received: from office.palaver.org (unverified [216.176.8.2]) by primo.bfm.org (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.83) with SMTP id ; Tue, 04 Apr 2000 06:44:04 -0500 Message-Id: <4.3.2.20000404063824.00aad280@mail.palaver.org> X-Sender: rfisher@mail.palaver.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3 Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 06:43:39 -0500 To: Ben Smithurst From: Ryugen@palaver.org (Ryugen C. Fisher) Subject: Re: $CVSROOT Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20000404005945.O85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <4.3.2.20000403181943.00aab910@mail.palaver.org> <20000403130735.B16699@athena.sea.tera.com> <20000403162903.D85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <20000403130735.B16699@athena.sea.tera.com> <20000403223351.J85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <4.3.2.20000403181943.00aab910@mail.palaver.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_164566313==_.ALT" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=====================_164566313==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Rudeness was not an intention...... humor was... note, please, the doubt about ability was SELF directed.... At 06:59 PM 04/03/2000, you wrote: >Ryugen C. Fisher wrote: > > > I'm trying to get to the place where I can do a "make world" and I'm > > having serious doubts about my ability to read English.. perhaps someone > > raised in England might lend a hand???? > >Being rude is NOT the best way to make people want to help you. Neither >is forgetting to cc -questions when you reply. > >Anyway, I'm not sure why CVSROOT has anything to do with "make >world", you do not need a CVS repository to make the world. All you >need is a checked out copy of the source tree in /usr/src. While >this MAY be obtained using cvs (which you need CVSROOT pointing at >your copy of the repository for), it is common to use cvsup for >this. Take a look at "Synchronizing Your Source" in the FreeBSD >Handbook for more information, or the sample cvsup supfiles under >/usr/share/examples/cvsup. I read the parts you mentioned... .. perhaps I should add that I did not build not set-up this particular computer and there IS no /usr/src source tree.. it is in an attempt to create/replace it, etc that I began working with (and misunderstanding) CVS .. >-- >Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D --=====================_164566313==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Rudeness was not an intention...... humor was... note, please, the doubt about ability was SELF directed....


At 06:59 PM 04/03/2000, you wrote:
Ryugen C. Fisher wrote:

> I'm trying to get to the place where I can do a "make world"  and I'm
> having serious doubts about my ability to read English.. perhaps someone
> raised in England might lend a hand????

Being rude is NOT the best way to make people want to help you.  Neither
is forgetting to cc -questions when you reply.

Anyway, I'm not sure why CVSROOT has anything to do with "make
world", you do not need a CVS repository to make the world.  All you
need is a checked out copy of the source tree in /usr/src.  While
this MAY be obtained using cvs (which you need CVSROOT pointing at
your copy of the repository for), it is common to use cvsup for
this.  Take a look at "Synchronizing Your Source" in the FreeBSD
Handbook for more information, or the sample cvsup supfiles under
/usr/share/examples/cvsup.

I read the parts you mentioned...   .. perhaps I should add that I did not build not set-up this particular computer and  there IS no /usr/src source tree.. it is in an attempt to create/replace it, etc that I began working with (and misunderstanding) CVS ..





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Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D
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