From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 7 5: 4: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09B5B14F4E for ; Tue, 7 Dec 1999 05:03:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.11 #1) id 11vKHT-000IZQ-00; Tue, 07 Dec 1999 15:03:47 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing source before make world In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 07 Dec 1999 12:56:36 GMT." Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 15:03:47 +0200 Message-ID: <71387.944571827@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 07 Dec 1999 12:56:36 GMT, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > I like to tweak my system [...] but i hate doing that before every > build world. There must be an easy way to do this, and i'm sure > someone will tell me to either: > 1. Learn scripting > 2. Learn awk > 3. Learn Perl 4. Use CVS instead of CVSup, or use CVSup to pull the source repository instead of the source files themselves and then use CVS to update a local copy from the local repository. Which way you do it will depend on your available disk space. The disadvantage of using CVS is that it's slower than CVSup. It has _loads_ of cool points over CVSup, though. :-) See chapter 18 of the online FreeBSD Handbook for more information: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cutting-edge.html Specifically, 18.3 will be of interest to you. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message