From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 13 19:28:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA01409 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 19:28:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA00710 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 19:23:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA24772; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 19:23:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 19:23:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: george cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: staying current In-Reply-To: <34B9A261.45BC1B18@ti.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, george wrote: > I have 2.2.5 on WC cd-rom, after I install it what is the fastest and > easiest way to get all of the > fixes installed without having to go and get the whole directory tree > from the FTP site? > > I have heard if something called CVSUP what is it and how do I invoke > it? > To incorporate all the fixes (to bring you up to -STABLE), you'll want to install all of the source from the CD, then run cvsup. cvsup is detailed in the Handbook. Once you cvsup up to the newest (or desired) -STABLE source, run a `make world'. See the Handbook section on `staying stable' for more info. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major