Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 06:41:46 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: paul van den bergen <pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: automating cvsup... bleeding edge -STABLE Message-ID: <20031204062526.T741@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <200312041551.30501.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> References: <200312041551.30501.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au>
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, paul van den bergen wrote: > Hi all, > > just updated my machine 4.8-RELEASE to 4.9-STABLE using > cvsup - /root/stable-supfile > following the handbook - thanks for the clue... > > the hand book mentions automating cvsup for the src using cron... > > given that there is quite a lot involved in make buildworld, etc., some of > which is likely human interactive, I presume the implication is JUST to > update the src tree (and ports tree) and rebuild manually when you wnat to... > so that the cron job just shortcuts the download... I don't think it is a good idea to have sources and ports lying around that don't correspond to your actual OS. If you really want to rebuild your system three or four times a week, you should put all necessary commands into shell script and execute it it periodically. People who do this probably know what can go wrong and how to repair it. I don't, so I upgrade manually, when I have got the time to control what is going on. By the way: -STABLE isn't a bleeding edge at all. I have tracked this for three years or so, and can't remember any serious crashes. If you whish to be left with a dysfuntional system from time to time you should try -CURRENT :-) Regards, Uli. > > is that correct? > > -- > Dr Paul van den Bergen > Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures > caia.swin.edu.au > pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au > IM:bulwynkl2002 > "And some run up hill and down dale, knapping the chucky stones > to pieces wi' hammers, like so many road makers run daft. > They say it is to see how the world was made." > Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well 1824 > > _______________________________________________ > cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "cvs-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+
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