Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:31:07 -0500 (EST) From: "Kenneth R. Westerback" <krw@tcn.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: 2.2R: Starting with CTM Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970319192018.527A-100000@Pkrw.tcn.net>
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When I made my first attempt (on 2.1.7) to create an updated source tree via CTM (ftp'ing the delta's) I found that even though I had installed a complete source tree during my initial setup I could not use that tree as a base for CTM deltas. The file .ctm_status was not present in /usr/src and I could not find any clues as how to manually create one that would accurately reflect the level of the source tree installed from CDROM. Thus I mv'ed /usr/src to something else (after discovering the CTM base delta could not be applied against an existing tree) and applied the base and deltas and proceeded from there. When I downloaded the 2.2R release I deliberately did NOT get the src distribution as I expected I would have to download as much again in a base delta. Instead I downloaded the base delta and all subsequent deltas (up to 210 at the moment), built the tree and compiled just fine (at least after remembering to link /usr/src to my 2.2 directory). Whew. Now the question! Did I correctly conclude that downloading the 2.2R src distribution was a waste of my time? i.e. it would have still lacked the .ctm_status file or equivalent information that would allow me to use it as a base delta? And if my conclusion was correct, WHY? Why not just provide the .ctm_status file? Surely the src distribution corresponds to a specific level available from CTM? What am I missing? ---- Ken
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