From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 21:39:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EC9316A4CE for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:39:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B674643F85 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:38:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: (qmail 18011 invoked by uid 505); 4 Dec 2003 05:38:59 -0000 Received: from root@pukruppa.de by dsl-mail by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.14 (spamassassin: 2.43. Clear:SA:0(0.0/5.0):. Processed in 0.320433 secs); 04 Dec 2003 05:38:59 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO reverse-213-146-114-24.dialin.kamp-dsl.de) (213.146.114.24) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 4 Dec 2003 05:38:58 -0000 Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 06:41:46 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa X-X-Sender: root@pukruppa.net To: paul van den bergen In-Reply-To: <200312041551.30501.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> Message-ID: <20031204062526.T741@pukruppa.net> References: <200312041551.30501.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: automating cvsup... bleeding edge -STABLE X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 05:39:00 -0000 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 | +---------------------------+