Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 10:51:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Val <val@hcol.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsup vs /stand/sysinstall Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810211050130.6211-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981017212414.10924A-100000@ns.hcol.net>
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On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Val wrote: > I have a question: > one can use cvsup to download latest source code and then compile to > upgrade the freebsd version. > one can use /stand/sysinstall change the options to have the next release > and tell it to download binaries/source/whatever distributions. > So my questions is, > what are the disadvantages and advantages of one method over the other > that i might be missing? With sysinstall, you don't have to spend the time and diskspace with the build environment, but you loose customization. Building from source gives you a basis for staying current with your development branch (-STABLE or -CURRENT or whatever). > well i have one for each of the method already figured out: > 1) cvsup download only changes to source, not the complete source right? No, cvsup will download the source files if you don't have them. > 2) /stand/sysinstall does not require make world (very time consuming). > any others? Those are the big points. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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