Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 08:06:07 -0600 From: Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> To: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> Cc: Stefan Parvu <sparvu@cc.hut.fi>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Kathy Quinlan <katinka@magestower.com>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, N6REJ <n6rej@tcsn.net>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm leaving Message-ID: <3AFE94CF.2CD5AB51@Silver-Lynx.com> References: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10105131454300.24647-100000@alpha.hut.fi> <016d01c0dba9$62e67400$0300a8c0@oracle> <3AFE87BF.E2A53BC0@Silver-Lynx.com> <019101c0dbb3$8d169430$0300a8c0@oracle>
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> I'm on an "anti-CVS" trip at present after experiencing nothing but > problems with it. > Seems a surprising number of experienced operators I've spoken to > share that view as well. > Does anyone have good experiences with it, or is it simply something > that a few people use because its available ?? > I think CVSup is _essential_ and is an excellent tool. The only thing I _don't_ ever do is try to bump it a branch, i.e. 3.x to 4.x. I'm sure it would work and the files that need to be hand-updated are well documented, but I don't have the patience to do that. I'd rather just install a raw -RELEASE from CDs and update from there. [Of course, I have a T1 and a dozen machines to park my userland files on...] I've rarely had problems with CVSup itself except that some servers are slower than others. A web page that showed loading on the mirrors would be really nice. If a 'make buildworld' does happen to crash, just go back and CVSup again a few hours later. Even if your sources are out of whack for that time, remember that all of your binaries are still good until you 'make installworld' over them. -- Don Wilde http://www.Silver-Lynx.com Silver Lynx Embedded Microsystems Architects 2218 Southern Bl. Ste. 12 Rio Rancho, NM 87124 505-891-4175 FAX 891-4185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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