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Subject: Rebuilding kernel/system to a state "back-in-time"?
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Ewald Jenisch writes:

>  To be specific I'd like to build my system/kernel using the
>  source-files of FreeBSD 6.2 as they were back on September 14,
>  2007.
>  
>  In cvsup there seems to be a feature "date=..." that should be
>  able to accomplish this. Has anybody out there used it
>  sucessfully? Is specifying
>  
>  date=2007.09.13.23.59.00

	I've used this with ports, and it works as descried.  Be
careful it doesn't conflict with other settings, and you should be
fine.


			Robert Huff