From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 27 10:23:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E259937BF93 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 10:23:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA86017; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 13:23:46 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200003271823.NAA86017@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 13:23:46 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Jonathan Smith Subject: RE: make release Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 27-Mar-00 Jonathan Smith wrote: > So, I just need to set the directory that my CVSUP goes into? You cvsup the repository, not /usr/src. Look at the example cvsup files in /usr/share/example/cvsup, specifically cvs-supfile. > This doesn't make sense since this doesn't create a cvs repository, just > the source (ie. cvs export). It'll make a full repo if you cvsup the repository instead of just the source. > Pardon the confusion on this, but it is a bit.... something. Heh, it's ok. > j. > > On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, John Baldwin wrote: >> On 27-Mar-00 Jonathan Smith wrote: >> > >> > I keep getting etherally screwed up trying to do a make release when it >> > comes to a CVSROOT. I'm doing this from having done a cvsup, which >> > apparrently isn't enough. I was given the direction to do anonymously do >> > a cvs checkout, but that a CVS repository does not make; that makes a >> > checked out copy of the source. >> >> Your best bet is to just cvsup the entire CVS repository. There should be >> example cvsup files for this in /usr/share/examples/cvsup/. For example, >> I store my local copy of the repo on /usr/cvs on my machine. I can then >> set CVSROOT to /usr/cvs and then use make release to build a release. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message