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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Brian Henning <b1henning@hotmail.com>
Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: buildworld
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On 2002-09-30 12:20, Brian Henning <b1henning@hotmail.com> 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?

The FreeBSD handbook (hopefully) explains it all in detail.
Please read at least the relevant chapter, at:
http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html

Giorgos.

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