From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 19 13: 1: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56C7437B404 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:01:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16dHNj-00041r-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:00:59 +0000 Received: from angel.raggedclown.net (angel.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.7]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [buffy]) with ESMTP id 8894713040 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:00:58 +0100 (CET) Received: by angel.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [angel], from userid 6002) id 5E91A22590; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:00:58 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:00:58 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Local CVS Repository, how to use ? Message-ID: <20020219210058.GA7260@raggedclown.net> References: <20020219165740.GA378@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 07:30:09PM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > How do I know emulate a cvsup from it into my working > > /usr .. tree(s) ? I want to update my -STABLE system > > for example. > > > > I guess I don't have to run the cvsupd to do this. > > Yes, you do. Setting this up with net/cvsup-mirror is very simple, > though. > > Another port you may find interesting is devel/cvsweb. > > I think your central misconception is that people will necessarily > cvsup from a local repository. You can do that, and depending on > the circumstances it may be advantageous, but the primary idea > behind a local repo is that you can access it with cvs, rather than > cvsup. > Yes, I sort of understand that :) And I do want cvs access etc, I am hoping to develop some stuff myself. But what I thought would be handy is that if I have it up to date locally, I can use it for cvsup on any machine on my network in a convenient way... and just centralise my synchronisation in one place. So I become a local mirror for my network so to speak. I will look at the ports you suggest anyway..thanks ! -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message