Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:58:16 -0800 From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> To: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: CVSup questions Message-ID: <41A406D8.20109@att.net>
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I have a system that right now I'm using to learn FreeBSD. I want to go through the update process that I assume I'll have to follow regularly once the computer is up and running as a web and mail server. Right now I'm not concerned about backups; that's my next project. I'm attempting to follow "Using CVSup" and learn how CVSup works. See: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html Questions about CVSup: 1. Where should I place supfile? Obviously I could put it anywhere and make it work, but is there a usual place for it? I can't find where the manual makes a suggestion. Do I have a need for more than one supfile? 2. I am running 5.3 RELEASE. It appears that if I specify "*default tag=." that I will be getting updates from "current". Is this what I should do, given that I want to stay current on security and bug fixes, but I don't (at this time) intend to get involved with beta testing? Or should I specify *default tag=RELENG_5_3? And, if I do that, will the ports be updated, including adding new ports? 3. The tutorial at http://www.us-webmasters.com/FreeBSD/Install/ after item 68 describes CVSup. It suggests using the supfile /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile which gets the "ports-all" collection. However, the Using CVSup manual says to get "src-all", that includes ports-all. Is there some reason to use ports-all, not src-all as suggested by the handbook? 4. The tutorial (see 3 above) item 97 concludes, after running cvsup, "FreeBSD is installed, CONGRATULATIONS!" Isn't this a bit premature? It seems to me that at that point I need to rebuild world per http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.html#MAKEWORLD to apply the new files and bring the system up to date. Am I missing something? Jay O'Brien Rio Linda, California, USA
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