Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:30:13 +0100 (BST) From: George Reid <greid@FreeBSD.org> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: Cynic <cynic@mail.cz>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@alcove.fr> Subject: Re: directions on setting up local CVS tree Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106051528190.2165-100000@sobek.openirc.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010605142045.A86090@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, j mckitrick wrote: > But how do i go about getting the FreeBSD CVS repository onto my local > machine? cvsup, as I expect you've probably been told already. > Can i install the one on my cdrom and 'update' it? If you have a copy of the CVS repository on a CD, this is the way to go. I'd offer to post you one, but it would probably take around 6 years to arrive. > Will it be *huge*? It's on the huge side, yes. > What transition is necessary to go from building world in /usr/src > and using a CVS tree instead? You can't build world from a CVS tree directly; you need to check the sources out (using the regular cvs tools) and build world as normal. -- +-------------------+---------------------+ | George Reid | FreeBSD Committer | | +44 7740 197460 | greid@FreeBSD.org | +-------------------+---------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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