Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 11:22:23 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lost interrupts in snd0 ? Message-ID: <20000325112223.D234@parish> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003242201010.47847-100000@picnic.mat.net>; from chuckr@picnic.mat.net on Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 10:04:12PM -0500 References: <20000324151532.A961@ipass.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003242201010.47847-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 10:04:12PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Randall Hopper wrote: > > > Chuck Robey: > > |Randall Hopper: > > |> Also, I've never supped CVS so I'm a little leary of doing that. Is > > |> this recommended for someone with a pixie-straw connection to the net > > |> (56k modem)? Or just the fat pipe folks. > > | > > |Randall, the thinner your pipe, the more you want cvsup. I tell you right > > |now, you will be completely amazed at how fast it goes. I have only a > > |33.6, and I usually cvsup in less than 6 minutes. Hows that? > > > > Sounds tempting. Is this first pull this fast? That is, when pulling up > > from -RELEASE to -STABLE, does it just pull -RELEASE -to- -STABLE deltas? > > Pulling a clean STABLE up will take time, the first time. I'm not > absolutely certain about this, but I know that cvsup keeps private > information around about what it's pulled (and you'll have to configure > someplace, some directory, to store it in) so I *think* you won't benefit > from having RELEASE there already, I may be misunderstanding you here, but if you already have a source tree, off the CD rather than cvsup for instance, you can build a checkouts file (the "private information" you mentioned) for your current source tree, which will mean that any files that should be deleted when you cvsup a new version *do*, in fact, get deleted. See John Polstra's (JP is the author of cvsup) excellent FAQ. There is a specific question about this very subject: http://www.polstra.com/projects/freeware/CVSup/faq.html#adopt HTH > but I absolutely *guarantee* that, > after using a month, you will completely and unreservedly agree with me. > > It's *well* worth the first long hour pulling stuff down. > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Randall > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, > chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. > > New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up > fictitious words in the dictionary. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message -- Seminars, n.: From "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion. ________________________________________________________________ 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-multimedia" in the body of the message
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