From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 6 01:02:37 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C82251065678 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 01:02:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 595CC8FC0A for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 01:02:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb31 with SMTP id 31so4178715wwb.31 for ; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:02:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rxNyRFYKYps+Xv8boeMvOwVJl1J9DlT2HhBF9L4HzM0=; b=RRAYza49FirqZBObS//OpnhSfiKzdqPcX38OJgSIgd6s36fYg7fkxO665CUmvfrHo3 WcwyOSRI6yD1U9ll5VJAt/i5YH0SCgv3yVI7PKJ8PRSYZu/+HoE0qqX06BBhPhYs2gWL bZew8pk4yHZCQy+B5OwXxrv1fSCvhDk6d7O8w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=l1ROyhLF9Fe2JHJnCOvQtNXqcn12xxDx/KMZymI+vqu/+L5voHcTemc5U4+illHJvp +AhHax4qxNY2ZTPLHq6jIrpJUU0xRd6LHzrVLs/uypx6S1oZWf0AW+a3x68lX+Tgtbsx Dtl6bZZZr7GgA6Vq8aErLwd2fFAbY7GtAQJQk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.122.193 with SMTP id t43mr1846900weh.60.1299373354285; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:02:34 -0800 (PST) Sender: yanegomi@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.172.7 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 17:02:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 17:02:34 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: QCe4ywfd2Bj2S-DJ8xtMhGkLGTM Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Nerius Landys Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Introduce myself and question about getting CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:02:38 -0000 On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Nerius Landys wrote: > Hi guys, I'd like to contribute to the FreeBSD community by testing > and programming a little in the coming months/years. =A0I'm a > mathematician from Berkeley (B.S.), I have been using FreeBSD for > about 5 years (on a router and on 2 servers) and I come from a strong > programming background (12+ years). =A0I'm also currently involved with > some other open source projects such as GtkRadiant, which is a map > editor for Quake 3 engine games. =A0An issue in FreeBSD that I'm > interested in looking into in the short run is the ath wireless driver > situation (I've already contacted Adrian). =A0The two particular issues > with the ath driver that I'm currently having may very well already be > resolved in CURRENT, so I'm about to test that. > > Anyhow, first things are first. =A0I need to get CURRENT. =A0So, what is > the preferred way to get CURRENT on your system? =A0I'm very familiar > with the whole buildkernel/buildworld mechanism and I intend to > compile CURRENT from source on a continual basis. =A0The only question I > have about this is, is the upgrade 8.2 -> CURRENT a supported upgrade > that will work fairly well? =A0Or are there some CD image ISOs available > for a relatively recent CURRENT? =A0Basically, I'm about to install > CURRENT on a new system that will be used for testing and development, > and don't know the preferred way to do this. Noting the relevant handbook passage: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading.html . I personally run `make kernel-toolchain', then `make buildworld buildkernel' when building on CURRENT. I also use the sources from svn, not cvs, csup, cvsup. Other FreeBSD folks may use git, hg, etc. So there's no one right or wrong answer, in terms of build instructions (as long as you follow the minimum prescribed instructions in UPDATING), or pulling down sources. And yes, there are some CURRENT snapshots: ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ Hopefully that helps get you started on an appropriate path. Cheers, -Garrett