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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.

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