Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 10:12:28 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make release Message-ID: <20000527101228.E233@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000527182319.A32417@freebie.lemis.com>; from grog@lemis.com on Sat, May 27, 2000 at 06:23:20PM %2B0930 References: <392F7ED2.6BADD19A@brwn.org> <20000527174320.G30853@freebie.lemis.com> <392F8C28.A5E6AE4C@brwn.org> <20000527182319.A32417@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 06:23:20PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Saturday, 27 May 2000 at 10:49:44 +0200, Willem Brown wrote: > > Greg Lehey wrote: > >> > >> On Saturday, 27 May 2000 at 9:52:50 +0200, Willem Brown wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I've cvsup'd my 4.0R to 4.0S and would like to do a > >>> make release but I need a CVSROOT? What do I need to get still > >>> for this to work? > >> > >> You need a CVS tree. It looks as if you cvsupped only the sources, > >> right? > >> > >> It is possible to specify a remote CVS root, but you'll need to have > >> some kind of access to it. You're probably better off cvsupping the > >> repository rather than the sources. > > > > Thanks. I had a look at the sample files, > > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/cvs-supfile. So to get the 4.0S branch, > > I would use release=cvs tag=RELEN_4? > > Well, RELENG_4. > > > Can I convert the CVSUP'd sources to a repository without > > having to get the whole repository. I'm a bit bandwidth impaired. > > Not easily. Theoretically you could just create a new repository and > check the sources in with tag RELENG_4, but it would be a lot of work. > If you have an old repository copy, such as on a CD-ROM set from > Walnut Creek, you can easily update it with cvsup. > Shouldn't that be cvs(1), not cvsup(1) for the repository? > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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