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From: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>
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To: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net>
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Subject: Re: Why is the STABLE branch not so stable anymore?
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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.
:
:-- 
: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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