Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:47:13 -0400 From: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> To: freebsdQ0@richardshea.fastmail.fm Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSUP/buildworld problems - should I just FTP ? Message-ID: <20030426004713.A35292@skytrackercanada.com> In-Reply-To: <3EAA7C9D.27993.4B04F58@localhost>; from rshea@thecubagroup.com on Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 12:33:33PM %2B1200 References: <3EAA7C9D.27993.4B04F58@localhost>
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> I'm now about to remove /usr/src and /usr/obj and try again [4] but > I've just wanted to check something first. > > If I'm going to remove /usr/src and /usr/obj wouldn't I be better off > just FTP'ing the 4.8 release sources straight onto my machine and I went from 4.3 to 4.8 without a problem. > doing a buildworld on those ? I've heard the CVSuping a lot of source > is quite inefficient and I think I'd be sucking in everything via > CVSUP if I rm'd those two directories and then CVSup on 4.5 Release > wouldn't I ? I have never removed the obj or the src before cvsuping. On one occasion I have had a small problem, but I -believe- cvsup recognizes what files need to be replaced, and which ones do not.
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