Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 00:34:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Softupdates panics Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810040032350.362-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <19981004015236.A6399@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Chuck Robey: > > Can I ask howcome the stuff unpacks into the contrib_softupdates > > directory, instead of src/sys/contrib/softupdates, or > > Because the standard way for CVS when it extracts a module named "foo" is > to put it inside a directory named "foo" hence the "contrib_softupdates". > > You can change it upon checkout by specifying "-d bar" to put it into "bar". > > When you extract the whole /usr/src tree you don't notice it because the > module there is named "src". See "CVSROOT/modules". > > Use the -d dir option to create a directory called > dir for the working files, instead of using the > module name. Unless you also use -N, the paths > created under dir will be as short as possible. I thought it went into the path specified by the modules file ... I'm glad that (for once) I didn't assume (I was thinking Jordan was wrong). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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