Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 10:23:54 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make release Message-ID: <20000527102354.H233@parish> In-Reply-To: <392F92E0.3BEAA611@3-cities.com>; from kstewart@3-cities.com on Sat, May 27, 2000 at 02:18:24AM -0700 References: <392F7ED2.6BADD19A@brwn.org> <20000527174320.G30853@freebie.lemis.com> <392F8C28.A5E6AE4C@brwn.org> <20000527182319.A32417@freebie.lemis.com> <20000527101228.E233@parish> <20000527184449.C32417@freebie.lemis.com> <392F92E0.3BEAA611@3-cities.com>
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On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 02:18:24AM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > On Saturday, 27 May 2000 at 10:12:28 +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 06:23:20PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > > >> On Saturday, 27 May 2000 at 10:49:44 +0200, Willem Brown wrote: > > >>> Greg Lehey wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> On Saturday, 27 May 2000 at 9:52:50 +0200, Willem Brown wrote: > > >>>>> Hi, > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I've cvsup'd my 4.0R to 4.0S and would like to do a > > >>>>> make release but I need a CVSROOT? What do I need to get still > > >>>>> for this to work? > > >>>> > > >>>> You need a CVS tree. It looks as if you cvsupped only the sources, > > >>>> right? > > >>>> > > >>>> It is possible to specify a remote CVS root, but you'll need to have > > >>>> some kind of access to it. You're probably better off cvsupping the > > >>>> repository rather than the sources. > > >>> > > >>> Thanks. I had a look at the sample files, > > >>> /usr/share/examples/cvsup/cvs-supfile. So to get the 4.0S branch, > > >>> I would use release=cvs tag=RELEN_4? > > >> > > >> Well, RELENG_4. > > >> > > >>> Can I convert the CVSUP'd sources to a repository without > > >>> having to get the whole repository. I'm a bit bandwidth impaired. > > >> > > >> Not easily. Theoretically you could just create a new repository and > > >> check the sources in with tag RELENG_4, but it would be a lot of work. > > >> If you have an old repository copy, such as on a CD-ROM set from > > >> Walnut Creek, you can easily update it with cvsup. > > >> > > > > > > Shouldn't that be cvs(1), not cvsup(1) for the repository? > > > > No. cvsup updates repositories, cvs manipulates them. After > > synchronizing the repository with cvsup, you update your source tree > > with cvs update. > > Is the CVS tree on any of the CD's or do I have to get the sources > with cvsup. > CVSREPO.tgz in the root of CD No.2, at least it is on the 3.1 CDs. > Kent > > > > > Greg > > -- > > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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