Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 10:26:00 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Timmons <skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Just CVS (was Re: CVS question, sendmail, named) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970216101745.23738B-100000@opus.cts.cwu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199702161802.MAA02552@nexgen.ampr.org>
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Hmmmm.... doing a 'make release' without a CVS repository might be a
little hard. It checks out a revision of the source for the release you
are building from CVS. However, you could certainly look through
/usr/src/release/Makefile to see if you could short-circuit things a bit
to use a copy of your local sources (skipping CVS.)
One other thing you will want to know if you start rolling your own
releases: you'll need to be running a kernel with the vn pseudo-device,
as in:
pseudo-device vn #Vnode driver (turns a file into a device)
If you have a slow machine and start a make release without running a
kernel that has this compiled in - you will get an unpleasant surprise :(
You don't NEED to have the CD-ROM to get the CVS repository, particularly
if you are in a LAN environment and have 56KB or greater connectivity.
Doing the initial download over a slow dialup is likely to be
unsatisfying.
-Chris
On Sun, 16 Feb 1997 dkelly@hiwaay.net wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, its been most helpfull.
>
> I don't have a recent CDROM of FreeBSD. OTOH I have:
>
> nexgen: {253} ls -CF /usr/sup
> ports-all/ src-all/ src-eBones/ src-secure/
>
> ...created by cvsup using the file I posted earlier (and see below).
>
> What I'm really trying to do (and maybe "make release" doesn't do it?) is
> to build a -SNAP of my current sources in order to play with newer
> sysinstall's and clone my system to friend's machines without having to
> download the entire -GAMMA's.
>
> Am I on the right track?
>
help
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