From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 3 20:41:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7394E16A419 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 20:41:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cristi@net.utcluj.ro) Received: from bavaria.utcluj.ro (unknown [IPv6:2001:b30:5000:2:20e:cff:fe4b:ca01]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EF6213C455 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 20:41:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cristi@net.utcluj.ro) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bavaria.utcluj.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1756508B4; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 23:41:54 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by the daemon playing with your mail on local.mail.utcluj.ro Received: from bavaria.utcluj.ro ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bavaria.utcluj.ro [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Aq2ZCdRsHpT4; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 23:41:48 +0300 (EEST) Received: from [172.27.2.200] (c7.campus.utcluj.ro [193.226.6.226]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by bavaria.utcluj.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDEA1508B5; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 23:41:48 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <4703FE8C.3070500@net.utcluj.ro> Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:41:48 +0300 From: Cristian KLEIN User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (X11/20070824) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Astrodog References: <2fd864e0710030030h1bbacc5enc6e1502cb2929dbf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2fd864e0710030030h1bbacc5enc6e1502cb2929dbf@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Aryeh Friedman , Robert Backhaus Subject: Re: small purposal for change in installworld X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:41:56 -0000 Astrodog wrote: > On 10/3/07, Aryeh Friedman wrote: >> On 10/3/07, Robert Backhaus wrote: >>> On 10/3/07, Aryeh Friedman wrote: >>>> Installworld shouldn't clobber the supfiles in >>>> /usr/share/example/cvsup... having to change the default host after >>>> every build/install world is annoying >>> Another option is to always specify the host on the command line (csup >>> -h cvsup2.au.freebsd.org ....) or using a tool like fastest_cvsup >>> (csup -h `fastest_cvsup -qc au` ...). >>> > > Given the inherent dangers of using cvsup, and updating from source, I > do not believe this... minor barrier to entry really deserves > consideration, and I'm sure we can all agree that it really would be > best to paint it blue. Although I share this viewpoint, I really think that the "/etc/make.conf" / "make update" mechanism should be documented in the handbook, now that FreeBSD has an integraded csup. Perhaps http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html would be a good place?