Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 00:10:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> To: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why is the STABLE branch not so stable anymore? Message-ID: <200106120710.f5C7ADH38607@earth.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0106112257340.32911-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>
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:On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jeff Love wrote: : :> I run a test server comparable to my production server. I ALWAYS test my :> upgrades on the test server before compiling the same src in production. :> IMHO, it would be quite foolish to do otherwise. : : I always tar off /usr/src and /usr/obj before doing a cvsup. If :it breaks, I can always boot my last (known good) kernel, restore the :previous version, and install it. : :-- :Chris BeHanna :Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.) I usually cvsup the cvs tree itself from cron rather then /usr/src directly. That way I always have an up-to-date cvs tree and then I can simply cvs update /usr/src/ when I want to sync it up... and do a date based cvs update to get itb ack to a previous state if something goes horribly wrong. The cvs tree (/home/ncvs) eats around 1.2G (and is growing all the time), and of course the checked out source represents a lot of space too, and /usr/obj of course. But if you have a big drive it's worth tracking the cvs tree and learning enough cvs to be able to use cvs update. -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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