Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 17:22:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Francisco Reyes <reyesf@super.zippo.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: About staying stable. Should I delete old sources? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971207172141.11954H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199712052155.NAA02070@super.zippo.com>
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On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Francisco Reyes wrote: > >> I am using CVSup to DL the stable branch. > > > >Starting fresh? > > The system was installed form 2.2.5 with not sources. I downloaded > stable using CVSup. > > >> Should I delete the existing directory tree (keeping my custom > >> kernel) before doing a new download? > > > >If you're on 2.2.5, then you'll need to (or find and remove one of the > >SCSI header files) or else you'll get wierd messages about T_DOWNLOAD or > >something like that. > > I didn't have the error you mention. Did you mean that file I should > remove was on the sources from 2.2.5 Release? If so I had not > installed those sources. I believe 2.2.5 and earlier sources would cause this type of pollution. If you didn't have the sources installed then you are OK. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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