From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 11 07:44:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@www.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D202C16A4CE for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 07:44:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bsd.ultra-secure.de (bsd.ultra-secure.de [62.146.20.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF84C43D31 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 07:44:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: (qmail 29666 invoked by uid 1005); 11 Dec 2004 07:44:24 -0000 Received: from rainer@ultra-secure.de by bsd.ultra-secure.de by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (clamdscan: 0.75.1. spamassassin: 2.64. Clear:RC:1(217.232.238.2):. Processed in 0.329393 secs); 11 Dec 2004 07:44:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.224?) (rainer@ultra-secure.de@217.232.238.2) by bsd.ultra-secure.de with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 11 Dec 2004 07:44:24 -0000 Message-ID: <41BAA556.5080705@ultra-secure.de> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 08:44:22 +0100 From: Rainer Duffner User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: trorki@area51.capnet.state.tx.us References: <200412081205.39354.mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com> <20041208180601.T29045@area51.capnet.state.tx.us> <20041210205951.GA54091@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041210235009.O37514@area51.capnet.state.tx.us> In-Reply-To: <20041210235009.O37514@area51.capnet.state.tx.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@www.freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 -current ISOs and cvsup repository: Was: Re: -currentISOs and update cvsup sites for AMD64? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 07:44:27 -0000 trorki@area51.capnet.state.tx.us wrote: >On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > >>On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 10:50:11AM -0600, trorki@area51.capnet.state.tx.us >> >> > > > >>>I've looked at snapshots.jp.freebsd.org and snapshots.se.freebsd.org >>>and can't find a recent snapshot ISO to get -current for AMD64. >>>Am I missing the directory, or what? Someone please let me know where >>>to get a recent ISO >>> >>> > > > >>The above site; talk to the admins about why they're not being >>produced (probably it's just an oversight). >> >> > >The last AMD64 -current ISO on snapshots.se and snapshots.jp was in >October, if I'm looking at the right directories. A month and a half is >hardly an "oversight", since October isn't even in the 6.0 timeframe. >Maybe terminology has changed since summer, but all the -current >sources peter out at the end of October, and no 6.0 build seems to >have ever worked on snapshots.se, to judge from the log files. >I'd like some help with AMD64 -current, yes AMD64 6.0-current. >Am I making this clear??? > >I haven't played with -current since before the switch to 6.0 >as -current, so the last ISO I used (and still have) is a 5.x-current >from July. > Then I'd update to RELENG_5_3 first, and then cvsup to HEAD. > I want a clean AMD64 6.0-current ISO to start with, and that >would presumedly be AFTER November 05, preferably very recent... > > > >>>, and where I should point cvsup for the updates. >>> >>> > > > >>Updates to what? amd64 isn't different from the other architectures; >>you can read the documentation on using and configuring cvsup in the >>handbook, and if you have further specific questions then ask them >>then. >> >> > >The information isn't IN the handbook, or is obscure. If it was >there to read, I wouldn't have asked the list. Duh. >Since I mentioned cvsup you might/maybe get the idea that I know >how to use it. Duh. > > > You like that word, eh ? ;-) The snapshot-servers have, TTBOMK, nothing to do with the cvsup-servers. >Since I can't find the snapshots where they are expected, >they might be somewhere else, and I'd probably need to cvsup from >somewhere else, too, which is why I asked. Duh. > > That's why Kris talked about the handbook. To an outsider, it is not clear if you are making a fool of yourself or just want to fool around and insult people. Or if you are really a fool ;-) >Would somebody that actually uses -current on AMD64 tell me >how to get a recent ISO, and which servers are carrying the >AMD 6.0-current branch so I can cvsup updates? > >Please don't reply to the list if you don't know what the hell >I'm asking about. > > I'm not using AMD64 (If I had the hardware, I'd use it though) and I'm not using current either (used to, but now it's called 5_3-stable), but it is my understanding that you can just - cvsup to RELENG_5_3 - perhaps cvsup to RELENG_5 - then cvsup to current - with make buildworld etc-cycle between the cvsups. At least, at this point in time, where RELENG_5 and HEAD are not very much different like with RELENG_4 and RELENG_5. You can then make your own snapshot - with an AMD64 it should only take an hour or so ;-) Correct me if my assumptions are wrong. Rainer