Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 13:27:14 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: coredump@nervosa.com (invalid opcode) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Please don't shoot me for asking this stupid question. (fwd) Message-ID: <199602072027.NAA06226@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960206194149.1971C-100000@nervosa.com> from "invalid opcode" at Feb 6, 96 07:42:06 pm
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> But what is the difference between sup and cvs? Is cvs used only to > retain revision information? Or can it be used as a way to update the > sources as sup does? Also, has anyone seen sup start totally retrieving a > tree you already have. I ran it today off of sup.freebsd.org, and it > started to redownload the entire gnu-current tree, the /usr/sup directory > is intact, my standard-supfile is fine, and the last.current is dated > februrary 3rd, why would it do this? Any help appreciated. man cvs man sup CVS is a version control system. It can also act as a client/server for a remote repository. SUP is a distribution/mirroring mechanism. Typical usage: 1) use SUP to mirror a copy of the CVS source tree at intervals (usually under "cron"). 2) use CVS to check out, diff, and path (update/merge) your source changes to the sources before submitting your changes. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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