Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 02:01:04 -0400 From: "freebsd@tcowen.com" <freebsd@tcowen.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updating Message-ID: <3D574F20.31877706@tcowen.com> References: <3D55C02D.5C2A5B26@tcowen.com> <20020811122025.GA2952@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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now that I have all the stable sources and have updated all the ports and docs, to update the system I assume I can follow section 19.4 of the handbook. but what about updating things I have previously installed? for example I have ipfilter installed. and say I am trying to update a system that things were installed on by other people, how will I know which programs are installed and need to be reinstalled? and at what point along the process should they be reinstalled. Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 09:38:53PM -0400, Tcowen wrote: > > I have 4.1-release on a computer connected to the internet, I'd like to > > update it to the latest stable. I'm not having an easy time with cvs. > > The first step when updating is replacing everything in /usr/src/, > > correct? I can log in with cvs, but then (with working directory > > /usr/src/) do I use "cvs update -rRELENG_4" or the checkout command or > > what? and with whatever command(s) I'm supposed to use, does it replace > > the files in /usr/src/ or does it put things somewhere else by default? > > Also, if I wanted to just download everything using the ftp would I > > replace my /usr/src/ directory with everything in > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/src/? thanks > > Appendix A of the handbook is all about how to obtain FreeBSD > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html). > > While it is possible to update your sources using Anonymous CVS > (Section A4), the mechanism just about everyone uses is 'cvsup' > (Section A6) --- this combines all the advantages of Anonymous CVS but > is a lot more efficient in terms of network bandwidth, and there are a > large number of cvsup servers around the world. > > The quickest way to get going is to install the cvsup package from one > of the ftp sites: > > pkg_add -r cvsup > > (or if your machine doesn't have X-Windows installed) > > pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui > > There are essentially 4 major collections of FreeBSD stuff you can > download via cvsup: > > i) The entire FreeBSD CVS repository. This is probably not > appropriate unless you are going to be doing heavyweight FreeBSD > development, or you want to run your own private cvsup mirror to > serve cvsup to your intranet. In which case, see the > net/cvsup-mirror port. > > ii) The system sources, which usually live under /usr/src. > > iii) The ports tree, which usually lives under /usr/ports > > iv) The documentation, which usually lives under /usr/doc > > There are some other collections of stuff available, but those are the > most important. > > Example configuration files for cvsup'ing any of these collections are > available in /usr/share/examples/cvsup (or should be --- they were > missed out of 4.6.1 release by mistake). > > To maintain an up to date source tree for 4-STABLE, you need to first > run cvsup in a mode that lets it take over "ownership" of all of the > files under /usr/src, and then set up things so you can update your > source tree easily. The cvsup FAQ at > http://www.polstra.com/projects/freeware/CVSup/faq.html has detailed > instructions. > > Assuming you have the 4.1-RELEASE sources installed, and you're going > to use your local cvsup server, which is cvsup3.freebsd.org, to adopt > your current source tree into cvsup's control, you need to create a > supfile containing the following, which you will use one time only: > > *default host=cvsup3.freebsd.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs > *default delete use-rel-suffix > src-all tag=RELENG_4_1_0_RELEASE list=cvs:RELENG_4 > > Save that to a file eg. /tmp/first.supfile, and then run: > > cvsup -g -L 2 /tmp/first.supfile > > That should bring your source tree up to the latest STABLE sources. > > Once you've done that, for subsequent updates you can use the > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile. The cheats way of doing > this is very simple. Add the following to your /etc/make.conf: > > SUP_UPDATE= yes > # > SUP= /usr/local/bin/cvsup > SUPFLAGS= -g -L 2 > SUPHOST= cvsup3.FreeBSD.org > SUPFILE= /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile > #PORTSSUPFILE= /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile > #DOCSUPFILE= /usr/share/examples/cvsup/doc-supfile > > Then to update your sources, simply do the following: > > cd /usr/src > make update > > If you uncomment the PORTSSUPFILE and DOCSUPFILE lines as above, that > command will also update your ports and docs trees, but remember to do > the whole adoption thing for those trees first --- or simply delete > everything under /usr/ports or /usr/docs and start with a clean sheet. > > Cheers, > > Matthew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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