Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:34:23 +1100 From: Christopher Vance <vance@aurema.com> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Seat-belt for source upgrades from stable to current Message-ID: <20030131163422.A26022@aurema.com> In-Reply-To: <20030131050711.GA54395@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>; from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu on Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:07:11PM -0800 References: <20030129191822.GO78848@starjuice.net> <p05200f31ba5e4c0bbc26@[128.113.24.47]> <20030131120311.F16630@aurema.com> <20030131030916.GA11445@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20030131034043.GA53996@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20030131040506.GA11769@HAL90 <20030131040506.GA11769@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20030131050711.GA54395@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:07:11PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
: On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:05:06PM -0800, David Schultz wrote:
: > Thus spake Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>:
: > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 07:09:16PM -0800, David Schultz wrote:
: > > > OT: Is there a good way to get the CVS metadata in /usr/src and
: > > > /usr/ports without transferring the entire source tree over the
: > > > network? On some machines, I'd like to be able to do a CVS
: > > > {diff,log,update} now and then, but I don't have the disk space
: > > > for the entire repository. I usually end up blowing away /usr/src
: > > > and fetching a new copy from a CVS server, but I'm sure this is
: > > > far from ideal for the people who pay for that server's bandwidth.
: > > >
: > >
: > > anoncvs
: > >
: > > See the handbook for info.
: >
: > That's a great answer...to a different question. ;-)
:
: It's the correct answer. I assumed that you knew
: how to use cvs.
cvsup gets me everything I need to track and compile both current and
stable.
I don't want to be forced into using cvs when there's a better tool
available (for some definition of better). I get paid to use cvs at
work, and that's how I know to choose something else...
For a while, I used to grab the whole repo (with cvsup), and used cvs
to get current and stable out of it, but now I consider that a waste
of space/time, and have reverted to just using cvsup to get the tags I
want.
I'm not a FreeBSD developer, and very rarely (just a handful of times)
have had to modify existing stuff to do what I want, so I don't need
my own repo to commit to. With that, disappers any need to use cvs.
Perhaps you can explain why cvsup is the wrong answer...
--
Christopher Vance
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