From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 6 17:20:15 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F423C16A475 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:20:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9014913C4B0 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:20:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 3155 invoked by uid 399); 6 Jun 2007 17:20:13 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO lap.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 6 Jun 2007 17:20:13 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Message-ID: <4666ECCB.3060300@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:20:11 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070525) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wesley Shields References: <4666668D.609@tk-pttuntex.com> <46666DCF.7050802@totalterror.net> <46667170.206@tk-pttuntex.com> <20070606141449.GD38752@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <20070606141449.GD38752@atarininja.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Niki Denev Subject: Re: cvsup error X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:20:15 -0000 Wesley Shields wrote: > The difference is that csup is written in C and included in the base. > The only lacking feature in csup is that it doesn't work in checkout > mode, which shouldn't be a problem for your average use. You have it backwards. csup _only_ works in checkout mode, what it can't do is mirror a repository. This is fine for the average FreeBSD user however, since checking out the current version of the src or ports tree is what the vast majority do anyway. > I may be wrong about checkout mode, but that was a caveat when it went > into the tree IIRC. If that is no longer the case I apologize for the > misinformation. If you are going to offer advice on the lists, please take the time to verify that what you're saying is correct. Otherwise it's just a waste of time for all concerned. I'm picking on your post here a little because it's a good example of a disturbing trend, please don't take it personally. Regards, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection