Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:27:01 -0500 (EST) From: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/34037: [PATCH] Updating handbook-mirrors chapter Message-ID: <200201181527.g0IFR1n67190@pittgoth.com>
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>Number: 34037 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] Updating handbook-mirrors chapter >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jan 18 07:30:00 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD localhost 5.0-CURRENT >Description: The cvsup section of the handbook, I feel, lacks some important information. Other than that, it did need a bit of a touch up, this diff will add a link to the staples website as they carry boxed FreeBSD sets, more information about the refuse and sup files, slight grammer correction :) >How-To-Repeat: Read the chapter, use cvsup on a slow connection, and presto, instant "Why wasn't this explained?" >Fix: Apply this patch *** chapter.sgml.old Fri Jan 18 10:26:05 2002 --- chapter.sgml Fri Jan 18 01:04:49 2002 *************** *** 25,30 **** --- 25,37 ---- </address> </listitem> + <listitem> + <address> + <otheraddr>Staples</otheraddr> + WWW: <otheraddr><ulink url="http://www.staples.com/">http://www.staples.com</ulink></otheraddr>; + </address> + </listitem> + <listitem> <address> <otheraddr>Frys Electronics</otheraddr> *************** *** 1631,1637 **** may see references to <application>sup</application>. <application>Sup</application> was the predecessor of <application>CVSup</application>, and it served a similar ! purpose.<application>CVSup</application> is in used in much the same way as sup and, in fact, uses configuration files which are backward-compatible with <command>sup</command>'s. <application>Sup</application> is no longer used in the FreeBSD --- 1638,1644 ---- may see references to <application>sup</application>. <application>Sup</application> was the predecessor of <application>CVSup</application>, and it served a similar ! purpose.<application>CVSup</application> is used much in the same way as sup and, in fact, uses configuration files which are backward-compatible with <command>sup</command>'s. <application>Sup</application> is no longer used in the FreeBSD *************** *** 1769,1775 **** --- 1776,1797 ---- <programlisting>src-all</programlisting> </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <note> + <para>You can specify a list of collections just by adding them + downward, for instance: + <programlisting>src-all</programlisting> + <programlisting>doc-all</programlisting> + <programlisting>ports-audio</programlisting> + will obtain the src-all collection, the doc-all + collection, and the ports-audio collection, but + this is only recommended if you have a fast internet + connection.</para> + </note> + + + <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><anchor id="cvsup-config-vers">Which version(s) of them do you want?</para> *************** *** 2020,2032 **** of the repository is the first <quote>directory</quote> in the <emphasis>refuse file</emphasis>.</para> ! <para>With this very useful feature, those users who are on ! slow links or pay by the minute for their Internet connection ! will be able to save valuable time as they will no longer need ! to download files that they will never use. For more ! information on <emphasis>refuse files</emphasis> and other neat ! features of <application>CVSup</application>, please view its ! manual page.</para> </sect3> </sect2> --- 2042,2082 ---- of the repository is the first <quote>directory</quote> in the <emphasis>refuse file</emphasis>.</para> ! <para>A typical refuse file may have the following list:</para> ! ! <screen>ports/chinese ! ports/french ! ports/german ! ports/hebrew ! ports/japanese ! ports/korean ! ports/russian ! ports/ukrainian ! ports/vietnamese ! doc/de_DE.ISO8859-1 ! doc/es_ES.ISO8859-1 ! doc/fr_FR.ISO8859-1 ! doc/it_IT.ISO8859-15 ! doc/ja_JP.eucJP ! doc/nl_NL.ISO8859-1 ! doc/ru_RU.KOI8-R ! doc/sr_YU.ISO8859-2 ! doc/zh_TW.Big5</screen> ! ! <para>As of this writing, that is a current and complete ! list of all the different language document files and ! ports, please feel free to use the list, it will save ! time when downloading, because you will not need to ! download everything, and then modify your refuse file ! to your own preferences</para> ! ! <para>With this very useful feature, those users who are on ! slow links or pay by the minute for their Internet connection ! will be able to save valuable time as they will no longer need ! to download files that they will never use. For more ! information on <emphasis>refuse files</emphasis> and other neat ! features of <application>CVSup</application>, please view its ! manual page.</para> </sect3> </sect2> *************** *** 2044,2050 **** will display a GUI window with some buttons to do the usual things. Press the <quote>go</quote> button, and watch it run.</para> ! <para>Since you are updating your actual <filename>/usr/src</filename> tree in this example, you will need to run the program as <username>root</username> so that --- 2094,2106 ---- will display a GUI window with some buttons to do the usual things. Press the <quote>go</quote> button, and watch it run.</para> ! ! <note> ! <para>In some cases, you will need to specify the directory ! that contains <application>CVSup</application> which is ! typically <filename>/usr/local/bin/cvsup</filename></para> ! </note> ! <para>Since you are updating your actual <filename>/usr/src</filename> tree in this example, you will need to run the program as <username>root</username> so that *************** *** 2088,2094 **** details of all the file updates it is doing. There are three levels of verbosity, from <option>-L 0</option> to <option>-L 2</option>. The default is 0, which means total ! silence except for error messages.</para> <para>There are plenty of other options available. For a brief list of them, type <command>cvsup -H</command>. For more --- 2144,2151 ---- details of all the file updates it is doing. There are three levels of verbosity, from <option>-L 0</option> to <option>-L 2</option>. The default is 0, which means total ! silence except for error messages, 1 adds a little bit more ! information, and 2 will give you a good bit of information.</para> <para>There are plenty of other options available. For a brief list of them, type <command>cvsup -H</command>. For more >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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