Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 18:23:20 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make release Message-ID: <20000527182319.A32417@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <392F8C28.A5E6AE4C@brwn.org> References: <392F7ED2.6BADD19A@brwn.org> <20000527174320.G30853@freebie.lemis.com> <392F8C28.A5E6AE4C@brwn.org>
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On Saturday, 27 May 2000 at 10:49:44 +0200, Willem Brown wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> >> On Saturday, 27 May 2000 at 9:52:50 +0200, Willem Brown wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've cvsup'd my 4.0R to 4.0S and would like to do a >>> make release but I need a CVSROOT? What do I need to get still >>> for this to work? >> >> You need a CVS tree. It looks as if you cvsupped only the sources, >> right? >> >> It is possible to specify a remote CVS root, but you'll need to have >> some kind of access to it. You're probably better off cvsupping the >> repository rather than the sources. > > Thanks. I had a look at the sample files, > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/cvs-supfile. So to get the 4.0S branch, > I would use release=cvs tag=RELEN_4? Well, RELENG_4. > Can I convert the CVSUP'd sources to a repository without > having to get the whole repository. I'm a bit bandwidth impaired. Not easily. Theoretically you could just create a new repository and check the sources in with tag RELENG_4, but it would be a lot of work. If you have an old repository copy, such as on a CD-ROM set from Walnut Creek, you can easily update it with cvsup. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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