Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:30:26 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "Chris H." <chris#@1command.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE Available Message-ID: <47C93E52.8030300@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080301011750.3paot6klcw4ko04o@webmail.1command.com> References: <1204151575.84335.3.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> <1204310983.47c853c70577d@imp.free.fr> <47C89B18.8010803@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20080301011750.3paot6klcw4ko04o@webmail.1command.com>
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Chris H. wrote:
> * log on as root - or su to root after logging on as regular user
> * type /usr/sbin/sysinstall - this brings up the installer again
> * choose post install
> * choose install additional ports/packages
> * choose net/cvsup-without-gui
> * when finished, exit the installer
A very nice worklist, except for the section above.
I have two objections to it. The first is aesthetic, since you could
simply replace all those steps by typing:
# pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui
at the root shell prompt.
The second is a functional objection: it's a waste of time to install
cvsup-without-gui when csup(1) is in the base system (and has been
since 6.1-RELEASE or there abouts.)
A typical command to download the contents of /usr/src changes from:
# cvsup -g -L 2 -h cvsup.XX.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile
to
# csup -L 2 -h cvsup.XX.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile
(where XX is the two letter ISO code for the country where you live
(or 'uk'))
Cheers,
Matthew
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