From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 1 7:51:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 547D93E25 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:51:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 12FfaK-000Eyd-00; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:51:20 +0000 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA05100; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:51:19 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:51:19 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: W Gerald Hicks Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jhix@wghicks.mindspring.com Subject: Re: backup/restore methods for /usr/src In-Reply-To: <200002011550.HAA10730@mindspring.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, W Gerald Hicks wrote: >[snip] >> Can i simply archive all of /usr/src and then restore it >> and buildworld to restore my system to what it is now? > >It should be fine but I'd recommend cvsupping your slightly >stale -stable src first. If you are going to build world, >might as well do it with updated sources. > >For an easy way to get cvsup going on the new install: > >pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/cvsupit.tgz Actually, i have been cvsupping regularly, so i have a current tree right now. All my cvsup files are tweaked and ready to go. I just wanted to avoid and eternally long connection cvsupping from 3.2, if possible. -=> jm <=- "Do not taunt the Happy Fun Ball." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message