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Date:      Thu, 3 Aug 2000 14:21:24 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: making a RELEASE
Message-ID:  <200008031221.OAA81518@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
In-Reply-To: <8mb956$1pja$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de>

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In list.freebsd-stable Plamen Petkov <plamendp@plamen.bgstore.com> wrote:
 > 3. hacking /usr/src/release/Makefile, where, instead of 'cvs'-ing srcs, I
 > just 'cp' them in $CHROOTDIR/src

Using tar (or star from the ports) is probably better
than cp.

 > Well, this is a bit away from the 'standard' release/snap making
 > procedure, but as i said in my prev messages - I do this for me only, to
 > have MY snapshot on a bootable CD, just in case. The price is reasonable -
 > a night of my life :-)

And what is the advantage over simply making a backup
of your disk?

Regards
   Oliver

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