Date: 17 Dec 1996 13:26:16 -0800 From: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Correction: src-release and src-tools will REMAIN Message-ID: <59735o$j03@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <199612160453.UAA01018@austin.polstra.com> References: <199612160453.UAA01018@austin.polstra.com>
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In article <199612160453.UAA01018@austin.polstra.com>,
John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, to his regret, wrote:
> If you have been CVSup/supping "src-release" or "src-tools", please
> change your supfile and get "src-etc" instead. I am going to delete the
> two obsolete collections within a few days.
False alarm -- this is not happening after all. I had asked about
it on core a few days before, but I guess I didn't wait long enough
for somebody to object.
The "src-release" and "src-tools" collections are going to remain
distinct from "src-etc". I am going to eliminate the overlap that
currently exists between src-etc and the other two, by modifying
what is included in src-etc. That is going to happen on freefall
this coming Saturday, December 21.
There is going to be a hiccup when this happens. When sup and
CVSup notice the change to src-etc, they will proceed to delete
the affected files on the client machines. Most people won't care
about that. Neither src-release nor src-tools is really a part
of the system. If you want to continue to get them anyway, you'll
have to add those collections to your supfile.
Here's the nasty part: If you have src-etc AND the other two in
your supfile, the files are going to be deleted (in connection with
src-etc) and then sent to you again (as part of src-release and
src-tools). Sorry, that's just the way things work under the sup
model. It doesn't recognize relationships between files in different
collections.
With CVSup at least (and I think with sup too), you can avoid having the
files retransmitted to you as follows:
1. Before Saturday: Copy the "src/release" and "src/tools" trees
to a backup area.
2. After Saturday: Do a CVSup run of only the src-etc collection.
It will delete the files in src/release and src/tools.
3. Copy the files back into place from the backup area.
4. Get on with your life.
Thanks for your patience.
--
John Polstra jdp@polstra.com
John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
"Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth
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