Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:05:20 +1300 From: "Richard Shea" <richardshea@fastmail.fm> To: "Cliff Sarginson" <cls@raggedclown.net>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvsupit - file system 105% - what have I done ? Message-ID: <20021123080520.EA6CC3717B4@server5.fastmail.fm>
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On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 06:30:00 +0100, "Cliff Sarginson" <cls@raggedclown.net> said: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 05:38:26PM +1300, Richard Shea wrote: > > Hi - For the first time ever I have tried to upgrade a FreeBSD by using > > CVS. In fact I used CVSUPIT. I'm on 4.4-RELEASE and I just wanted to move > > up to 4.5,6 or 7. > > > > Well I answered a few questions, pressed the button and the process > > commenced 'checking out' hundreds of files. I thought this was a bit > > suprising given I thought the whole point of CVS was to only pull those > > files which had changed - it just seemed to be pulling everying ! Anyway > > I had to CTRL-C it after a while as the file system had gone to 105%. > > > The tag you have used will download the latest Stable release, i.e. > everything up to a few hours ago post 4.7 release .. a squillion files. > > To get upto 4.5 release I think you will need a tag of > > RELENG_4_5_0_RELEASE > Thanks for that - just what I need ... [SNIP] > > The src for 4.7 takes about 300 MB. > Then you need space for the object files .. say >300 > It seems that I never had any source on this system so I'm going to have to find that sort of space even to go to 4.5 I suppose .. > > I have never upgraded this way, so the chance of success of using the > above to jump from 4.4 to 4.7 in one bound is not something I could > comment on. > No I didn't really want to do that I thought I was going to be offered finer grain options but the whole process started with just the 4.5_RELENG tag in place ! thanks again for your help regards richard shea. > Good luck :) > > -- > Regards > Cliff Sarginson > The Netherlands > > [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Cuba Group PO Box 1864 Wellington New Zealand PH +64 4 496 5205 MO +64 21 296 6839 FX +64 4 496 5209 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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