Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 01:10:33 +0800 From: "ke.han" <ke.han@redstarling.com> To: FreeBSD Q ML <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: cvsup update and source sync confusion Message-ID: <43932309.6030207@redstarling.com>
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I am confused about how to cvsup my freeBSD 6 system. I understand the ports update stuff. Lots of good doc on this. Its updating the rest of the system that I don't understand. My current adventure beging when I read the 3ware knowledgebase article http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14850 . It says the latest source for the twa driver is at http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/twa/ and http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/modules/twa/ All good and well except that I don't know how to sync these sources and the handbook tells me that I shouldn't update just part of my source tree. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html : *Warning:* While it is possible to update only parts of your source tree, the only supported update procedure is to update the entire tree and recompile both userland (i.e., all the programs that run in user space, such as those in /bin and /sbin) and kernel sources. Updating only part of your source tree, only the kernel, or only userland will often result in problems. These problems may range from compile errors to kernel panics or data corruption. Note, that this is all that is said on the subject. I looked in many cvsup docs and cannot find a simple way to sync the two directories. I needed "HEAD" for just those two directories. I ended up using the web browser interface to display each source file, saved each file and copied them to the server. Since this was only about 20 files, it was not too bad. But it leaves me thinking this was not the intended procedure. Can anyone enlighten me? While trying to get the latest twa driver code I tried each of the following: cvsup -L 2 -h cvsup.FreeBSD.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile and cvsup -L 2 -h cvsup.FreeBSD.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile After each completed, I checked my local /sys/dev/twa directories and the latest files were not sync'd. So neither of these worked which I found odd. /usr/share/examples/cvsup/README says: To maintain the sources for the FreeBSD-current release, use: standard-supfile Main source tree ports-supfile Ports collection To maintain the sources for the FreeBSD-stable release, use: stable-supfile Main source tree I though FreeBSD-current meant the 7.0 branch??? If so, why is the file called "standard-supfile"? Also, the handbook says FreeBSD-stable is just a bit behind current. So why did neither of these get me the latest twa driver source? thanks, ke han
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