Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:21:01 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: "Ryugen C. Fisher" <Ryugen@palaver.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: $CVSROOT Message-ID: <20000404162101.Q85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20000404063824.00aad280@mail.palaver.org> References: <4.3.2.20000403181943.00aab910@mail.palaver.org> <20000403130735.B16699@athena.sea.tera.com> <20000403162903.D85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004031122510.2238-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.co <4.3.1.2.20000403141923.00a85930@mail.palaver.org> <20000403130735.B16699@athena.sea.tera.com> <20000403223351.J85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <4.3.2.20000403181943.00aab910@mail.palaver.org> <20000404005945.O85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <4.3.2.20000404063824.00aad280@mail.palaver.org>
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Ryugen C. Fisher wrote: > Rudeness was not an intention...... humor was... note, please, the doubt > about ability was SELF directed.... sorry, I misunderstood "perhaps someone raised in England might lend a hand" as being directed at me... Perhaps it would be right to direct it at me after all. :-) >> Anyway, I'm not sure why CVSROOT has anything to do with "make >> world", you do not need a CVS repository to make the world. All you >> need is a checked out copy of the source tree in /usr/src. While >> this MAY be obtained using cvs (which you need CVSROOT pointing at >> your copy of the repository for), it is common to use cvsup for >> this. Take a look at "Synchronizing Your Source" in the FreeBSD >> Handbook for more information, or the sample cvsup supfiles under >> /usr/share/examples/cvsup. > > I read the parts you mentioned... .. perhaps I should add that I did not > build not set-up this particular computer and there IS no /usr/src source > tree.. it is in an attempt to create/replace it, etc that I began working > with (and misunderstanding) CVS .. You still don't need CVS. Cvsup can be used to create /usr/src when none exists to start with. Just take one of the sample cvsup files (stable-supfile probably), change bits you need to (*default host needs changing to your nearest mirror), run cvsup as described, and it should start populating /usr/src for you. Try it and see for yourself. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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