From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 3 18:20:53 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CE2316A408 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 18:20:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcondo@quinn.com) Received: from sushi.quinn.com (sushi.quinn.com [64.81.244.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1C5313C4A6 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 18:20:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcondo@quinn.com) Received: from [10.0.0.12] (absinthe [67.113.224.217]) (authenticated bits=0) by sushi.quinn.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l23HfP1B005020 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sat, 3 Mar 2007 09:41:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fcondo@quinn.com) In-Reply-To: <200703031705.l23H5l10017748@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200703031705.l23H5l10017748@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <0F155987-1788-4D7E-B181-FED3C82FB365@quinn.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Fred Condo Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 09:41:22 -0800 To: Martin McCormick X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What cvs-supfile Directive did I Leave Out? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:20:53 -0000 Have a look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile You probably want something like this: *default host=cvsup15.us.freebsd.org *default base=/var/db *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6_2 *default delete use-rel-suffix src-all -- Fred Condo, Chief Engineer http://quinn.com Quinn Interactive, Inc. Building better websites for over a decade. On Mar 3, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Martin McCormick wrote: > I originally wanted to bring the ISO image of FreeBSD6.2 > up to date using cvsup. Everything worked perfectly including > the make buildworld, make installworld, make buildkernel and make > installkernel. Then was when I realized that I was now running > FreeBSD7.0 after having unwittingly upgraded. > > This particular system will be a very busy dhcpd server, > however, so I probably don't want the bleeding edge. It is a > Dell 2650 and FreeBSD6.2 was the only ISO image of FreeBSD that > found all the right drivers. I probably need to go back to what > I initially meant to do for safety sake. > > Since this was my first successful attempt at using > cvsup, my questions now are: > > Can I safely downgrade back to the most stable version of 6.2 > using cvsup? > > What did I do wrong in the cvs-supfile I used? upgrades are > great if you want them, but this is going to be a production > system so I would rather try the latest and greatest on a > less-important box. > All I wanted was sources, no ports or X; basically what you would > have after using an ISO image. Thanks. > The cvs-sup file follows: > > *default tag=. > *default host=cvsup15.us.freebsd.org > *default prefix=/usr > *default base=/var/db > *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix > src-all > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >