From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 16 11:21:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand.global.net.uk (sand.global.net.uk [195.147.248.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E65B015746 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:21:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p9fs12a07.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.236.160] helo=marder-1.) by sand.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 11RgA6-0001a1-00; Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:21:39 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id TAA01292; Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:13:08 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:13:08 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Greg Lehey Cc: Rusty , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using CVSUP (was: Where are the HOWTO's?) Message-ID: <19990916191308.B282@marder-1> References: <37E1B44D.FC71786B@gci.net> <19990916161834.G55065@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <19990916161834.G55065@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 04:18:34PM +0930 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 04:18:34PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Thursday, 16 September 1999 at 19:23:57 -0800, Rusty wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm trying to set up the CVSup software package on FreeBSD 3.2. > > > > I'm reading Greg Lehey's book and on page 368 it tells you the necessary > > things you need to set up the program. The book mentions a cvsupfile, > > which will be gotten to later in the text. > > To be more precise, 10 lines further on. > > > Great! Put mind into hold till you come to the next mention of > > cvsupfile and then resume train of thought. > > No, read on. > > > Next mention of the cvsupfile tells you that you can find all the > > details in the online handbook. Good! Put Greg's book down, pick up > > the online handbook and read on while re-engaging brain and mental > > processes. > > No, read on. > > > Problem #1 Online handbook assumes you know where certain files are > > located and does not give paths to said files. The handbook also refers > > you to man pages. Wonderful! Put down handbook; lookup man page. Try > > to remember what in the hell it was you were looking for in the first > > place and also does it really matter any more. > > No, read on in CFBSD. If you find something missing there, *then* go > and look at the online handbook. > > > Come on guys! Give me a break! > > > > Has anybody written HOWTO's for this stuff? If so where are they > > located? > > Yes, you're quoting from one of them. Now explain what difficulty you > have with sequential reading. Come up with a real problem and I'll > fix it. > > There's also another HOWTO at http://www.lemis.com/staying-current. I > don't think you really need it. > There's also a CVSup FAQ at http://www.polstra.com/projects/freeware/CVSup/faq.html > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message