Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 20:44:18 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: Jonathan Smith <jonsmith@dragonstar.dhs.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSd.ORG Subject: RE: make release Message-ID: <20000327.20441800@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003271219070.24705-100000@dragonstar.dhs.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003271219070.24705-100000@dragonstar.dhs.org>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 3/27/00, 6:20:55 PM, Jonathan Smith <jonsmith@dragonstar.dhs.org> wrote regarding RE: make release: > So, I just need to set the directory that my CVSUP goes into? > This doesn't make sense since this doesn't create a cvs repository, just > the source (ie. cvs export). > Pardon the confusion on this, but it is a bit.... something. > j. Dear Jonathan Smith, I am going to make release myself in a while :-) AFAIK, the following hold: 1) you need a CVS repository in order to be able to build a release. Although it should theoretically be possible to build the same release you run, it is preferable and convenient to have a CVS (ie all FreeBSD sources); as an aside, a serious FreeBSDer *must* (morally speaking) have a CVS :-)) 2) you need to tell the system what you want to do, where you want to do it, and where the CVS lives (ie via the variables described in /usr/src/release/Makefile.) If you have a closer look at the Makefile, you will notice that the variables therein allow you to customize your environment to exactly meet your needs. If you lie and specify your /usr/src as CVSROOT, after a few minutes you will get an error. These last specific woes can be retrieved in the mail archives, too. Please note: generally speaking, it is UNwise to try to make a more advanced release than the one you are using for the make release process itself. E.g., you should NOT try to make a 4.0-Release from within, say, a 3-STABLE one. And if I am stating anything incorrect, I will be (more or less) angrily scolded very soon ... :-) HTH, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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