Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:46:09 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: freebsd@bug.fe.up.pt Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Staying -STABLE with make world Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980325164019.6318A-100000@shell.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980325222343.6347B-100000@slug.EUnet.pt>
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On Wed, 25 Mar 1998 freebsd@bug.fe.up.pt wrote: > As the subject says I am trying to track -STABLE but I've some > questions about the most efective method to do it. So where are > my questions: > > I've installed the 2.2.2 sources from CD on a spare partition > named /stable then I CVSup'ed the RELENG_2_2 branch and it > merged with the 2.2.2 sources resulting in the 2.2.6-STABLE > sources. I've also made a symlink from /usr/src to /stable/src. > > 1. Should I update the sources every night and in the morning > check the logs and remake the changed programs? Or, > should I upgrade the sources once in a while and do a full > make world? > 2. If I customize any file in the tree that will be updated > by CVSup what will happen if that file must be changed by > the cvsup program? Can it merge the new version with the > one I've changed? If not what will happen? Or do I need > to keep an unmodified version of -STABLE and copy all the > tree to change my files and compile from this new modified > tree? (I need to add support for my parallel zip drive) > > If anyone has any ideas about this method or wants to tell me > how you do it please fell free (and I'll be grateful) to email > me privately and I'll make a digest of the answers and will > post it to this list. > > The machine I am talking about is a shell server so if anyone I would never put sources or the build environment on a shell server. Too much of a target. I would never rebuild anything, unless you have a need for it. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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