Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 14:29:09 +0200 From: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@alcatel.fr> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: softupdates in latest build? Message-ID: <37D3B395.3AEE8CD3@alcatel.fr> References: <v04205511b3f95d4a6146@[195.238.1.121]>
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Hello, the softupdates have been moved from /usr/src/contrib/sys to /usr/src/sys/contrib TfH Brad Knowles wrote: > > Folks, > > I built a machine on Friday w/ FreeBSD-STABLE. Of course, this > was just before certain fixes were committed that would allow it to > actually successfully build a kernel, so I went back today and > cvsup'ed to the latest version. > > However, it would appear that /usr/src/contrib/sys was not > included in this update, so any kernel that you might want to build > with softupdates enabled would not be possible. > > I got a copy of the necessary files from another machine I built > a little while back (and which did not need to be cvsup'ed in order > to be able to build a kernel), so I think I'll be able to get this to > work. > > However, the bigger question is why is this necessary? Did I > miss something fundamental with regards to cvsup that is explained > somewhere on <http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/stable.html>; or > <http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/synching.html#CVSUP>, or perhaps > elsewhere in the manual? > > Thanks! > > -- > These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy > ____________________________________________________________________ > |o| Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> Belgacom Skynet NV/SA |o| > |o| Systems Architect, News & FTP Admin Rue Col. Bourg, 124 |o| > |o| Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.11.11/12.49 B-1140 Brussels |o| > |o| http://www.skynet.be Belgium |o| > \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ > Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside. > Unix is very user-friendly. It's just picky who its friends are. > > 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-stable" in the body of the message
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