Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 23:39:54 -0800 From: "Sameer R. Manek" <manek@ecst.csuchico.edu> To: "Jon Paterson" <jpaterson@itchannel.net>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: keeping stable without cvs type tools. Message-ID: <LMEMIKHGPPEEMMMMGIENAEFDCFAA.manek@ecst.csuchico.edu> In-Reply-To: <A0E035400B00D4118F9E0008C70D4D77A906@ITC1>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jon Paterson > I was wondering if there was a way to keep up to date without using CVS or > one of the other tools. CVSSUP is fine at work for the servers here but > could be v painful down a 56K modem ;-) > > > I can burn data onto CD's at work and take them home, what would I need to > download? I know that there is data available on the ftp > servers, but I am > not sure what is required here.. > > > thanks for any advice, and hope the question does not sound too stupid! > The daily or weekly syncs aren't too painful on a 56k dialup, installing a 4.1-RELEASE box today and cvsup'ing up would be. What you may want to consider doing is at work, cvsup'ing at work, to your ~, then tar it up, burn it to cd. Then at home, rm -rf /usr/src, and untar the source from cd onto /usr/src. Use that as the starting point, and from there on a weekly basis or so, when you are dialed in, cvsup to keep the source current. Naturally makeworld/makekernel as appropriate. Repeat the above steps for the ports collection if desired. Also consider keeping a cvsup-mirror at work that updates like once a day or on demand, to minimize network latency. Sameer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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