Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 09:41:22 -0800 From: Fred Condo <fcondo@quinn.com> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What cvs-supfile Directive did I Leave Out? Message-ID: <0F155987-1788-4D7E-B181-FED3C82FB365@quinn.com> In-Reply-To: <200703031705.l23H5l10017748@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200703031705.l23H5l10017748@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Have a look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile You probably want something like this: *default host=cvsup15.us.freebsd.org *default base=/var/db *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6_2 *default delete use-rel-suffix src-all -- Fred Condo, Chief Engineer http://quinn.com Quinn Interactive, Inc. Building better websites for over a decade. On Mar 3, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Martin McCormick wrote: > I originally wanted to bring the ISO image of FreeBSD6.2 > up to date using cvsup. Everything worked perfectly including > the make buildworld, make installworld, make buildkernel and make > installkernel. Then was when I realized that I was now running > FreeBSD7.0 after having unwittingly upgraded. > > This particular system will be a very busy dhcpd server, > however, so I probably don't want the bleeding edge. It is a > Dell 2650 and FreeBSD6.2 was the only ISO image of FreeBSD that > found all the right drivers. I probably need to go back to what > I initially meant to do for safety sake. > > Since this was my first successful attempt at using > cvsup, my questions now are: > > Can I safely downgrade back to the most stable version of 6.2 > using cvsup? > > What did I do wrong in the cvs-supfile I used? upgrades are > great if you want them, but this is going to be a production > system so I would rather try the latest and greatest on a > less-important box. > All I wanted was sources, no ports or X; basically what you would > have after using an ISO image. Thanks. > The cvs-sup file follows: > > *default tag=. > *default host=cvsup15.us.freebsd.org > *default prefix=/usr > *default base=/var/db > *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix > src-all > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?0F155987-1788-4D7E-B181-FED3C82FB365>