From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 30 13:42:15 2002 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 7AE2D37B401 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:42:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6103243E65 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:42:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8UKgBOL084509; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:42:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8UKg5XR084508; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:42:05 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:42:05 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Brian Henning Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: buildworld Message-ID: <20020930204205.GB84182@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-13.4 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 12:20:20PM -0500, Brian Henning wrote: > i am trying to do a make buildworld on my machine and I don't understand a > few things about it. can someone explain what the CVSROOT enviornment > variable is for? is this the path to the cvsup directory... should i be > doing a cvsup before or after a buildworld? CVSROOT is used by cvs(1), which doesn't normally come into doing a buildworld. CVSROOT normally contains the path to the cvs repository. cvsup(1) is a program for synchronising filesystems across a network efficiently. It utilizes cvs(1) on the server to generate exactly the difference between the version on the server and the version on your machine. You definitely want to run cvsup before doing your buildworld, so you can do it with the nice shiny new sources you've just pulled down. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message