Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 21:35:00 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com> Cc: Paul Chvostek <paul@it.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsup Message-ID: <20010826213500.A57439@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20010825105335.conrads@home.com>; from conrads@home.com on Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 10:53:35AM -0500 References: <20010825114407.A74195@gahch.it.ca> <XFMail.20010825105335.conrads@home.com>
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From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com> Subject: Re: cvsup Date: Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 10:53:35AM -0500 > > On 25-Aug-2001 Paul Chvostek wrote: > > > > Sure it'll work... Edit your /etc/make.conf and add > > > > SUPHOST= cvsup.xx.FreeBSD.org > > > > replacing xx with something appropriate. This didn't always work, > > but it sure has for the last few 4.x releases. > > That works fine if you do "make update", but not if you invoke cvsup manually. And we come to the wonderful conclusion that it will work if you `do the proper things'. I've seen a few different definitions of `proper' in this thread. Some of them actually work, too. But we're arguing that `my way to skin cats is better than your way' folk :/ Yes, FreeBSD can be updated. Yes, instructions on CVSup upgrades can be found in many places. But they can also be found at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ and that is the way to go :) -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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