Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 23:05:34 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org> To: "Neo [GC]" <neo@gothic-chat.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebuilding the system Message-ID: <4639DE1E.2040103@webanoide.org> In-Reply-To: <4639CE73.8010407@gothic-chat.de> References: <4639CE73.8010407@gothic-chat.de>
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Neo [GC] wrote: > Hi, > > first you should get ALL sources. You can do this easily with cvsup. > In /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ you find a file called 'stable-supfile'. > Copy it to some location (/root for example) and edit it. All you have > to change is the line '*default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org'; just > chose a FreeBSD CVS-mirror near you. Below you find the line 'src-all', > this means you get all kernel and world sources. The line '*default > release=cvs tag=RELENG_6' points cvsup to the 6-STABLE branch. > Then do a 'cvsup stable-supfile' and wait some time... > > Check out your /usr/src/, now you should have all files, including > UPDATE. Now you can do a 'make buildworld', but remember to cd first > into the /usr/src dir. Assuming cvsup is installed, otherwise csup as part of the system is a go. Regards, Mikhail. PS: Please don't top-post. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: www.webanoide.org
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