From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 22 09:19:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0961616A4B3 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:19:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccimhc02.asp.att.net (sccimhc02.asp.att.net [63.240.76.164]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A3D943FE1 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:19:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david.fleck@mchsi.com) Received: from grond (12-216-14-105.client.mchsi.com[12.216.14.105]) by sccimhc02.asp.att.net (sccimhc02) with SMTP id <20030922161927im20044qj0e>; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:19:28 +0000 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:19:24 -0500 (CDT) From: David Fleck Sender: dcf@grond.sourballs.org To: Brent Bailey In-Reply-To: <29398.207.5.142.198.1064243892.squirrel@bmyster.com> Message-ID: <20030922111312.U806@grond.sourballs.org> References: <29398.207.5.142.198.1064243892.squirrel@bmyster.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSUP howto ??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:19:32 -0000 On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Brent Bailey wrote: > I was looking aroung trying to find a decent howto on CVSUP...seeing as > ive never had good luck with it .. i found this ...does this look like the > right procedure ?? > this is what ive been doing ...but ive only had it actually work one time > ..all other systems ive done this on,,,it has failed BADLY > hence cant do "ps" or "w" or other needed commands How far do you plan to update these machines? Given your past experiences with cvsup/mergemaster, if you're planning a major upgrade (from 4.6 to 5.x or even STABLE), are you sure you wouldn't be better off re-installing? > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4 this will get you the head of the FreeBSD-STABLE branch - if you just want to get all the security updates to 4.6, you should use RELENG_4_6 -- David Fleck david.fleck@mchsi.com