Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 00:10:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> To: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why is the STABLE branch not so stable anymore? Message-ID: <200106120710.f5C7ADH38607@earth.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0106112257340.32911-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>
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:On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jeff Love wrote:
:
:> I run a test server comparable to my production server. I ALWAYS test my
:> upgrades on the test server before compiling the same src in production.
:> IMHO, it would be quite foolish to do otherwise.
:
: I always tar off /usr/src and /usr/obj before doing a cvsup. If
:it breaks, I can always boot my last (known good) kernel, restore the
:previous version, and install it.
:
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:Chris BeHanna
:Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
I usually cvsup the cvs tree itself from cron rather then /usr/src
directly. That way I always have an up-to-date cvs tree and then I
can simply cvs update /usr/src/ when I want to sync it up... and do
a date based cvs update to get itb ack to a previous state if
something goes horribly wrong.
The cvs tree (/home/ncvs) eats around 1.2G (and is growing all the
time), and of course the checked out source represents a lot of space
too, and /usr/obj of course. But if you have a big drive it's
worth tracking the cvs tree and learning enough cvs to be able to
use cvs update.
-Matt
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