Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 18:44:50 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make release Message-ID: <20000527184449.C32417@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20000527101228.E233@parish> References: <392F7ED2.6BADD19A@brwn.org> <20000527174320.G30853@freebie.lemis.com> <392F8C28.A5E6AE4C@brwn.org> <20000527182319.A32417@freebie.lemis.com> <20000527101228.E233@parish>
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On Saturday, 27 May 2000 at 10:12:28 +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > 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? No. cvsup updates repositories, cvs manipulates them. After synchronizing the repository with cvsup, you update your source tree with cvs update. 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
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