From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 27 07:58:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CAC716A417 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:58:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: from pizzabox.cyberleo.net (alpha.cyberleo.net [198.145.45.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2532B13C458 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:58:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: (qmail 44823 invoked from network); 27 Dec 2007 07:58:55 -0000 Received: from adsl-75-3-143-174.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net (HELO ?172.16.44.14?) (cyberleo@cyberleo.net@75.3.143.174) by alpha.cyberleo.net with ESMTPA; 27 Dec 2007 07:58:55 -0000 Message-ID: <47735B37.90700@cyberleo.net> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:58:47 -0600 From: CyberLeo Kitsana User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: csup update actions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:58:56 -0000 Hi! Does anyone know how csup handles updating changed files? Given that each branch of FreeBSD is nearly 500 megabytes in size, and undoubtedly contains a significant number of identical files from branch to branch, I figure it's feasable to create a new branch consisting entirely of files hardlinked from a lower branch, then run csup over that. Would csup properly handle this scenario and unlink/recreate the changed files, or would it update them in-place, and thus destroy the parent branch? Thanks! -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/