Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:25:55 +0100 (CET) From: Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 with custom kernel Message-ID: <ep046j$1meb$3@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> References: <60882.192.168.11.7.1169318360.squirrel@lists.lc-words.com> <200701201325.16571.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <d7195cff0701201858r34a64e0fr55ce05cb23d6f6c1@mail.gmail.com> <200701210829.52858.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:29:52 -0600 Jonathan Horne wrote: >> Terrific waste of bandwidth. > > *shrug* i dont see it that way. i see it as insurance that when i build > kernels for 15 machines, they are all getting the cleanest sources possible, > with absolutely nothing left over from a previous build. There is no such thing as "dirty" sources - at least not by your definition. cvsup or the new builtin replacement replaces old files with new ones and erases obsolete ones. And there is *never* anthing left over from a previous build in /usr/src/! All the work is done in /usr/obj/ and you can erase that at any time. In fact the target cleanworld does just that. Rebuilding the source tree isn't a big deal in terms of bandwidth, but thousands of people doing that on a regular basis will drive the costs of maintaining mirrors up - even though traffic is getting cheaper with time. Regards Chris
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