Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 09:58:08 +1000 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Keith=20Spencer?= <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: fbsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: THANKS ALL ->Re: can I tar and copy src & ports after cvsupping? Message-ID: <20010618235808.14178.qmail@web12006.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010619014825.A45835@student.uu.se>
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Thanks Erik... As usual you people are gems! --- Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 09:36:49AM +1000, Keith > Spencer wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am looking for a quick way out to cvsup a > machine > > with a slowwwwww connection. > > I have a fast adsl connection to another machine > and > > have cvsupped the /src & ports trees. > > Q1) > > To do the same to my other slow connection machine > can > > I simply tarball the /usr/src and /usr/ports > > and ftp them to my slow machine & then make etc? > > Tell me it is that simle pleeeese. > > That should work fine > > > Q2) > > If I tar up the trees are the or how can the > > permissions be retained... tar -czvf do the trick? > > You have to use the -p flag to tar when unpacking > the tarball. > So: > tar zcvf to create the tarball > tar zxvpf to unpack it > > > > Q3) > > I have 4.2 stable on these 2 machines. > > I have read the make world docs but to be honest I > > have very little idea about what I am reading. It > > looks as if I can just do the make world process > and > > it should work. Should I be confident here. These > are > > mission critical machines and I am by NO means > expert. > > Any tips would be invaluable. PS Keeping in mind I > am > > a dummy, I'd appreciate plain as possible > language. > > I have no external support. You good people are > it. > > Thanks so much > > Keith > > > > It is fairly easy. Remember to read > /usr/src/UPDATING first. > I would strongly recommend that you try out the > procedure on some > machine that is not mission-critical first if you > can. > That way you can make sure that everything works > without risking > anything important. > ("Always mount a scratch monkey.") > > > -- > <Insert your favourite quote here.> > Erik Trulsson > ertr1013@student.uu.se > _____________________________________________________________________________ http://messenger.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Messenger - Voice chat, mail alerts, stock quotes and favourite news and lots more! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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