Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:54:00 +0800 From: James Lim <evilfry@sg.freebsd.org> To: Joel Dinel <dinjo@touchtunes.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: From -RELEASE to -STABLE Message-ID: <01060521540000.52303@evilfry.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20010605094432.A22008@dinjo.touchtunes.com> References: <20010605094432.A22008@dinjo.touchtunes.com>
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www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd On the last episode Tuesday 05 June 2001 21:44, Joel Dinel wrote: > I'm running 4.3 -RELEASE right now, and I keep my ports tree > current with the following cvsup file : > > *default host=3Dcvsup.ca.freebsd.org > *default base=3D/usr > *default prefix=3D/usr > *default release=3Dcvs tag=3DRELENG_4 > *default delete use-rel-suffix > *default compress > ports-all tag=3D. > > I'd like to track -STABLE on a weekly basis. I've got "The Complete > FreeBSD, 3rd Edition" but I'm not quite sure I fully understand the > concept of tracking -STABLE. Last time I tried doing this, 'make > world' bombed my box and I was left with a very, very broken > system. > > I'd like to know : > > * What to add/modify to my cvsup file to track -STABLE > * How 'make world' works, and how *not* to bomb my system > * What to expect (broken stuff perhaps ?) > * How to keep my system (/usr/src) up to date afterwards > > Also, how often do you people out there rebuild your entire system? > > Many, many thanks! --=20 Regards, James Lim http://sg.freebsd.org | http://www.bsd-geeks.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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