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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 10:51:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Val <val@hcol.net>
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Subject: Re: cvsup vs /stand/sysinstall
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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                               
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