Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 06:43:39 -0500 From: Ryugen@palaver.org (Ryugen C. Fisher) To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: $CVSROOT Message-ID: <4.3.2.20000404063824.00aad280@mail.palaver.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> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004031122510.2238-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.co <4.3.1.2.20000403141923.00a85930@mail.palaver.org> <20000403130735.B16699@athena.sea.tera.com> <20000403223351.J85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <4.3.2.20000403181943.00aab910@mail.palaver.org>
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--=====================_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" <html> <font size=3>Rudeness was not an intention...... humor was... note, please, the doubt about ability was SELF directed....<br> <br> <br> At 06:59 PM 04/03/2000, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite>Ryugen C. Fisher wrote:<br> <br> > I'm trying to get to the place where I can do a "make world" and I'm <br> > having serious doubts about my ability to read English.. perhaps someone <br> > raised in England might lend a hand????<br> <br> Being rude is NOT the best way to make people want to help you. Neither<br> is forgetting to cc -questions when you reply.<br> <br> Anyway, I'm not sure why CVSROOT has anything to do with "make<br> world", you do not need a CVS repository to make the world. All you<br> need is a checked out copy of the source tree in /usr/src. While<br> this MAY be obtained using cvs (which you need CVSROOT pointing at<br> your copy of the repository for), it is common to use cvsup for<br> this. Take a look at "Synchronizing Your Source" in the FreeBSD<br> Handbook for more information, or the sample cvsup supfiles under<br> /usr/share/examples/cvsup.</font></blockquote><br> 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 ..<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <blockquote type=cite cite><font size=3>-- <br> Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D </font></blockquote></html> --=====================_164566313==_.ALT-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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