From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 7 17:22:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA11719 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 7 Dec 1997 17:22:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA11714 for ; Sun, 7 Dec 1997 17:22:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA12126; Sun, 7 Dec 1997 17:22:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 17:22:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Francisco Reyes cc: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: About staying stable. Should I delete old sources? In-Reply-To: <199712052155.NAA02070@super.zippo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Francisco Reyes wrote: > >> I am using CVSup to DL the stable branch. > > > >Starting fresh? > > The system was installed form 2.2.5 with not sources. I downloaded > stable using CVSup. > > >> Should I delete the existing directory tree (keeping my custom > >> kernel) before doing a new download? > > > >If you're on 2.2.5, then you'll need to (or find and remove one of the > >SCSI header files) or else you'll get wierd messages about T_DOWNLOAD or > >something like that. > > I didn't have the error you mention. Did you mean that file I should > remove was on the sources from 2.2.5 Release? If so I had not > installed those sources. I believe 2.2.5 and earlier sources would cause this type of pollution. If you didn't have the sources installed then you are OK. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major