Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 13:41:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Copying [via tar] /usr/src to other pc -- won't build world. Message-ID: <20010709134041.D82819-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <SAK.2001.07.09.mjhisrfj@support10>
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You may also want to add the p flag to tar to preserve permissions. However, without seeing the actual error, I'm not sure if this will help: tar cvzpf ... Joe Clarke On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Peter wrote: > Hello, > This weekend I tried to copy over /usr/src from a pc > that just finished doing cvsup -- the buildworld/kernel went fine. > > I did the following: > cd /usr/src > rm -rf * > > on the good pc: > cd /usr/src > tar zcvf usr.src.tar.z * > > then I ftp'ed that file over to the other pc and extracted it in > /usr/src -- it would not build -- would error out after an hour or so. > [fresh install of 4.0-R, the good pc is 4.3-S] > > So, what did I miss that it would not build ? > Ever since, I have just fixed that pc to do cvsup, but how can I cvsup one pc, > and then just ftp the files over. > > > > www.nul.cjb.net > www.FreeBSD.org > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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