Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 13:53:17 -0800 (PST) From: "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU, khan@vnet.net, scrappy@ki.net, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: -current failed Message-ID: <199610272153.NAA07947@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.961027163439.1713F-100000@maryann.eng.umd.edu> from Chuck Robey at "Oct 27, 96 04:36:19 pm"
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According to Chuck Robey: > On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Steven G. Kargl wrote: > > > According to Veggy Vinny: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > > > > > too. Why can't sup be put to bed permanently, now that we know for sure > > > > that cvsup works dandy? > > > > > > Hmmm, is cvsup the same way? I thought you had to grab the entire > > > source tree each time or something... > > > > > > > Sup works just fine. The last, and only, time I looked into cvsup, > > I needed to install a >50Mbyte modula-3 port. This is not a good > > use of disk space for those with limited resources and limited $$$. > > Steve, that's not true. JDP put statically compiled copies of cvsup in > incoming on ftp.freebsd.org. And sup doesn't work just like cvsup, sup > will ignore problems that cvsup will fix. > I'm unaware of the contents of the incoming directory except for 5 files I placed there (4 of which are ports and packages of xfishtank and ftnchek [now out-of-date] that have yet to make it into the ports collection.) I never claimed that sup works the same as cvsup. I stated that "sup works just fine." Sup works fine as a means of getting the files if your source tree has not been screwed up. -- Steve
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