From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 5 7:16: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from simpurio.idealab.com (mx2.idealab.com [64.208.8.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D484037B406 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 07:16:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@compete.com) Received: (qmail 31260 invoked by alias); 5 Jun 2001 14:16:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 31187 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2001 14:15:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cartman.boston.geekhouse.net) (10.5.1.109) by simpurio.idealab.com with SMTP; 5 Jun 2001 14:15:59 -0000 Received: by cartman.boston.geekhouse.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 970C03246; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:15:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:15:47 -0400 From: Jim Mock To: j mckitrick Cc: Cynic , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Nicolas Souchu Subject: Re: directions on setting up local CVS tree Message-ID: <20010605101546.F667@cartman.boston.geekhouse.net> Reply-To: jim@compete.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010605142045.A86090@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 at 14:20:45 +0100, j mckitrick wrote: > On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 02:07:53PM +0200, Cynic wrote: | > http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html > > This one is comprehensive, thanks! > > But how do i go about getting the FreeBSD CVS repository onto my local > machine? You cvsup it. As somebody else already pointed out, see /usr/share/examples/cvsup/cvs-supfile. > Can i install the one on my cdrom and 'update' it? You can if a copy of the cvs repository is still on the CD set (I can't remember if it is or not, and I don't have a set handy at the moment). > Will it be *huge*? Yes. > What transition is necessary to go from building world in /usr/src > and using a CVS tree instead? I'm not sure what you're talking about here. You still build world the same way. - jim -- - jim mock www.compete.com - jim@FreeBSD.org - - senior systems administrator - Compete, Inc. - ph: 1.617.867.7035 - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message