Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 11:00:39 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: cvsup Comment Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5F5D@site2s1>
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Doesn't the newer Makefiles in /usr/src have a make update or make upgrade option that is supposed to update your source tree? > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher G. Mann [SMTP:r3cgm@cdrom.com] > Sent: Friday, March 12, 1999 1:33 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: cvsup Comment > > This is more of a comment than a question. > > After I'm done installing a new release of FreeBSD, typically the first > thing I do is get my /ports and /src trees cvsup'ing. From past > experience, I know how to do this fairly quickly. > > 1. Install cvsup-bin > 2. cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile /etc > 3. cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile /etc > 4. vi /etc/standard-supfile > A. change: > *default release=cvs tag=. > to > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_3 > B. uncomment: > src-crypto > src-eBones > src-secure > C. comment out: > # *default compress > 5. vi /etc/ports-supfile > A. uncomment: > src-crypto > src-eBones > src-secure > B. comment out: > # *default compress > 6. vi /etc/periodic/daily/800x.cvsup-src > "/usr/local/bin/cvsup -P - -g /etc/standard-supfile" > 7. vi /etc/periodic/daily/810x.ports-src > "/usr/local/bin/cvsup -P - -g /etc/ports-supfile" > > Now surely Joe User can't be expected to do something like this as a new > user of FreeBSD. Isn't there any way to write some sort of quick hack > add-in for sysinstall that sets something like this up? Or at least > have a reasonable pair of supfiles in /etc/periodic that can be > activated? > > -- > Christopher G. Mann - IT Manager, Webmaster > > Walnut Creek CDROM (www.cdrom.com) > The FreeBSD Mall (www.freebsdmall.com) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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