From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 22:38:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A773837B401 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 22:38:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-2.paradise.net.nz (smtp-2b.paradise.net.nz [202.0.32.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFD2243F3F for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 22:38:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rshea@thecubagroup.com) Received: from ss11232 (203-79-125-175.adsl.paradise.net.nz [203.79.125.175]) by smtp-2.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 165219F745; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 17:38:01 +1200 (NZST) From: "Richard Shea" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 17:37:11 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <3EAAC3C7.17574.5C64ACE@localhost> Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body cc: david@skytracker.ca Subject: Re: CVSUP/buildworld problems - should I just FTP ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: rshea@thecubagroup.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 05:38:03 -0000 > > 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. just to be sure - did you do this by CVSupping or FTPing in the 4.8 sources ? > > > 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. well that was my understanding as well but in those USENET postings ( second post in http://tinyurl.com/ackw and fourth and fifth posts in http://tinyurl.com/ackz ) some people suggest otherwise and one them was Crist Clark who IMHO has quite a good track record I started paying attention to the idea. thanks for your response. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Cuba Group PO Box 1864 Wellington New Zealand PH +64 4 496 5205 MO +64 21 296 6839 FX +64 4 496 5209 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++