From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 4 23:54:38 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 616D116A473 for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:54:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F39F713C4AE for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:54:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from epia-2.farid-hajji.net (epia-2 [192.168.254.11]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1CA6DAE89; Thu, 5 Jul 2007 01:54:40 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <468C33B2.106@cordula.ws> Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:56:34 +0200 From: cpghost User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070616) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Gould References: <253689.59522.qm@web35313.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <253689.59522.qm@web35313.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Subject: Re: If cvsup's a no-go, will copying work? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:54:38 -0000 Andrew Gould wrote: > I received permission to install a *nix at work. I installed FreeBSD 6.2; but I am unable to cvsup successfully. I've tried the various modes. I've even tried nesting it in a Python script that tries to get authorization through a proxy -- it didn't help, but was worth a try. > > I really, really, really want to get past the xorg 7* issue before I have a lot of applications installed. > > If a computer at home is up-to-date, can I: > > 1. Delete /usr/src/*, /usr/ports/* and /usr/doc/* from the work computer; and > > 2. copy the /usr/src/*, /usr/ports/* and /usr/doc/* from the home computer? > > Is it as simple as that? > On more thing. I usually csup /usr/src, /usr/ports and /usr/doc on one machine, and then rsync those directories to a lot of other machines on an internal network. Works like a charm, and conserves bandwidth too. > Thanks, > > Andrew > cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/