Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 12:24:44 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: information about $CVSROOT, 'cvs update' and 'cvsup' - help! Message-ID: <3B692A6C.6D84C551@i-clue.de> References: <20010802094734.74901.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com>
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Bsd Newbie wrote: > > I tried to update my existing tree... by typing (what was stated in Greg > Lehey's book): > > cd /usr/src > cvs update -P -d > > [snip] > Now, I have no clue what do to. > [snip] > > After reading this, I've become extremely confused about CVS and CVSUP. CVS is to manage various versions of FreeBSD source code. It is much easier to use CVSup to update your sources. RTFM: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cutting-edge.html tells the whole story. Read the whole chapter, then update to -STABLE. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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