Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:32:58 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "Gustavo A. Baratto" <gbaratto@superb.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rewrite cvsup & portupgrade in C Message-ID: <20040707183258.GB22792@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <02ef01c4644e$b5f956e0$6400a8c0@chivas> References: <20040707160745.GA39557@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <02ef01c4644e$b5f956e0$6400a8c0@chivas>
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--i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 11:17:49AM -0700, Gustavo A. Baratto wrote: > An opinion about having a csvup-like program in the base system, from a user > that is not a developer : > - It is a real pain to go find the cvsup package everytime I need to setup a > freebsd box... the versions are different for each freebsd release, and I > can never use the same URL with pkg_add... If I could, this wouldn't be a > big deal, because I could just script this once and use many times. > I use cvsup to sync /usr/src and /usr/ports. The first think I do (and > probably everybody else) after installing a RELEASE, is to cvsup /usr/src, > and buildworld to apply the patches and stress-test the box before going to > production. When I first started using freebsd about 2 years ago, I was > wondering why a so much needed and widely used tool was not present in the > base system, while things much less used and more dangerous were > (bind,ntp,sendmail,telnetd,etc). Having a cvs-like program in the base > system is not just a natural addition, but pretty much requirement for most > simple users like me. No version number is needed, just type "pkg_add -r cvsup" or "pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui" (what I use). That my first step when I install a FreeBSD box. -- Brooks --i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA7EHZXY6L6fI4GtQRAs0lAJ0WK6G0EtQspdu3Tzfwq7itwH40YgCeIH+7 uWrWRBYKdQfRj2fm0ekzbDE= =cVUQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --i9LlY+UWpKt15+FH--
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