From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 3 03:04:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA19626 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Jun 1997 03:04:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from korky.fe.up.pt (korky.fe.up.pt [192.82.214.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA19503 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 1997 02:58:56 -0700 (PDT) From: ee96199@tom.fe.up.pt Received: by korky.fe.up.pt; id AA07670; Tue, 3 Jun 1997 10:57:50 GMT Received: from localhost by tom.fe.up.pt; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/16Oct95-1216PM) id AA00709; Tue, 3 Jun 1997 10:59:06 GMT Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 10:59:06 +0000 (GMT) Reply-To: ee96199@tom.fe.up.pt To: Jos Backus Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to go from 2.2.1 (WC CD-ROM) to 2.2.2-REL over the Net? In-Reply-To: <19970602153917.29859.qmail@st1-jos.oce.nl> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Jos Backus wrote: > > Greetings all, > > [This is my first post to this list.] > > I have read the FAQ (it doesn't seem to cover this topic), and the Handbook > presents a copious amount of information :-( I guess all I need is the > appropriate supfile entries, run cvsup and then do a 'make world'? I already suffered the trouble you are trying to get in to and I will help! You can use this sup file: ------------ cut here ------------------ *default tag=RELENG_2_2_2_RELEASE *default host=cvsup.nl.freebsd.org # The sources will be put in /usr/src. BE CAREFUL if you don't want to # erase your old sources! *default prefix=/usr # The directory for the status files will be in /usr/sup *default base=/usr *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix # If you don't have a very fast connection... *default compress src-all # I think that this collection is ok since Walnut Creek is exporting it # in their CDS. cvs-crypto ------------ cut here ------------------ Do not forget to get cvsup binaries from ftp://hug.freebsd.org/pub/CVSup/ The latest release is 15.0 To run it just do ./cvsup -g -L2 in non-graphical sessions or ./cvsup in graphical sessions. BTW, -g means no graphics support and -L2 is maximum level of verbosity. I am using a variation of this file which enables me to have a copy of the CVS tree (around 300MB) and then I can extract any version of FreeBSD. Currently I am running FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE. > > Sorry for being so dense :-/ I have only recently added FreeBSD to my list of > platforms, following up on a suggestion by a friend. > > Thanks for any pointers you can provide me with. > I hope that this is enough. And **do** read the handbook carefully. Good luck with FreeBSD. The best OS in the world! > > Groetjes, > -- > Jos Backus _/ _/_/_/ CIM-ISGA/IS > _/ _/ _/ Oce-Technologies B.V. > _/ _/_/_/ Venlo, The Netherlands > _/ _/ _/ _/ > jos@oce.nl _/_/ _/_/_/ #include > Regards, Jorge Goncalves -- CVSup has the greatest invention since swap space. :-)