Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:56:45 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com> Cc: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>, Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Artem Belevich <fbsdlist@src.cx> Subject: Re: Getting /usr/src/ from SVN directly? Message-ID: <20110326195644.GA31016@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinoEJFdugT86v-vVjkh_gcVN1OFxM4h-H0gXW_p@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTik%2BKcxpO47JH8z-ezTJD3ZH-ozJSp1xfgRYpWNs@mail.gmail.com> <20110325233826.00000cab@unknown> <AA26C490-6CCD-4EF1-9874-28534982DDA2@gmail.com> <AANLkTikq_yoeh4DtOV5wShZ0YqA1goNEbkttP2i1EQbF@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTim5=V6sFV_a2xc2dTSOt_kDfGuYoA@mail.gmail.com> <20110326110012.GA73916@freebsd.org> <AANLkTinoEJFdugT86v-vVjkh_gcVN1OFxM4h-H0gXW_p@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 10:31:39AM -0700, Nerius Landys wrote: > > one could also use the -F switch in connection with mergemaster(8). > > >From mergemaster manpage: > > "If the files differ only by VCS Id ($FreeBSD) install the new file." > > Yes that is exactly what I want, thanks. > > By the way, are there any other ways that are more preferred to get > /usr/src/ than doing what I've done, which is using > devel/subversion-freebsd to checkout head into /usr/src/? No, that is probably the best way. An older method (which still works) is to use csup/cvsup to download a local copy of the whole CVS repository and then use cvs to checkout /usr/src from this copy. Before the switch to subversion this was the preferred way. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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