From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 18:38:53 2004 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 13E1916A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:38:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao10.cox.net (lakermmtao10.cox.net [68.230.240.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86F4843D3F for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:38:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from dolphin.localnet.net ([68.11.71.51]) by lakermmtao10.cox.net ESMTP <20040705183850.PEIR25843.lakermmtao10.cox.net@dolphin.localnet.net>; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 14:38:50 -0400 Received: from dolphin.localnet.net (localhost.localnet.net [127.0.0.1]) i65IcpM4040572; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:38:51 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@dolphin.localnet.net) Received: (from conrads@localhost) by dolphin.localnet.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i65IcpLm040571; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:38:51 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.5 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20040705144539.6924.qmail@web51607.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 13:38:51 -0500 (CDT) Organization: A Rag-Tag Band of Drug-Crazed Hippies From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Mark Jayson Alvarez cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I back-up my sources? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: conrads@cox.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:38:53 -0000 On 05-Jul-2004 Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > Hi, > I only have a 4.9 cd and to upgrade to 4.10 or later > versions, first, I install the sources from my 4.9 cd > and then I use cvsup. Same as with FreeBSD Handbook > and Ports. > > Question: > > In upgrading to a higher version of FreeBSD(e.g; 4.9 > to 4.10) using cvsup, and I burned the contents of my > upgraded /usr/src to a cd, if my system crashes, will > makeworld work if I copy the contents of the cd into a > fresh /usr/src directory? > > Same as with FreeBSD Documentation(/usr/doc/en...) > and /usr/ports. Sure, why wouldn't it? > Or does it always have to be done as is? If by "as is" you mean with a source tree that matches your currently installed version, then the answer is no. Think about it. How would you ever be able to upgrade a system via sources if this were the case? > ...because one time, my freebsd crashed and I really > had a hard time fixing it and I end up re-installing > the whole system and running a very long cvsup process > again. We all have our share of "war stories", I'm sure. You make mistakes, you stumble around a bit, you learn. Right? -- Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"