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Date:      Sat, 27 May 2000 11:57:16 +0200
From:      Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org>
To:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make release
Message-ID:  <392F9BFC.D9E9AEA8@brwn.org>
References:  <392F7ED2.6BADD19A@brwn.org> <20000527174320.G30853@freebie.lemis.com> <392F8C28.A5E6AE4C@brwn.org> <20000527182319.A32417@freebie.lemis.com> <20000527101228.E233@parish> <20000527184449.C32417@freebie.lemis.com> <392F92E0.3BEAA611@3-cities.com> <20000527185515.D32417@freebie.lemis.com> <392F96FE.D92E03BA@3-cities.com>

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Hi,


Kent Stewart wrote:
> 
> Greg Lehey wrote:
> >
> > On Saturday, 27 May 2000 at  2:18:24 -0700, Kent Stewart wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Greg Lehey wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Saturday, 27 May 2000 at 10:12:28 +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
> > >>> On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 06:23:20PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > >>>> 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.
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Shouldn't that be cvs(1), not cvsup(1) for the repository?
> > >>
> > >> No.  cvsup updates repositories, cvs manipulates them.  After
> > >> synchronizing the repository with cvsup, you update your source tree
> > >> with cvs update.
> > >
> > > Is the CVS tree on any of the CD's or do I have to get the sources
> > > with cvsup.
> >
> > It's called a repository, not a tree.  As I said, it's on one of the
> > CDs on recent CD sets from Walnut Creek, but I think it moves a bit,
> > so check your CDs.
> 
> I've used CVS but not enough to remember the proper terminology. What
> has my interest is getting people started with 4.0-Stable. A build
> world of some of these machines won't take forever but it's close :).
> I know most of them will go with the CD subscription if I can get them
> interested.
> 
> I was looking for the repository on the 4.0 disk and didn't see it. My
> subscription started with 3.1. I'm looking at CD#2 now. I'll start
> with the most recent version. Then, cvsup won't take so long.

I couldn't find it on 3.3 or 3.4 as well. The latest one I could find
is in the 3.2 #2 cd. I'll use that for starters.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kent
> 
> >
> > Greg
> > --
> > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key
> > See complete headers for address and phone numbers
> 
> --
> Kent Stewart
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What about the international crypto code? Isn't that in a completely
different repository? I guess you can compile that separately.

Regards
Willem Brown

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