From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 1 12:40:06 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC692106564A; Mon, 1 Oct 2012 12:40:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D4E88FC12; Mon, 1 Oct 2012 12:40:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q91Ce66W047835; Mon, 1 Oct 2012 12:40:06 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q91Ce6J7047833; Mon, 1 Oct 2012 12:40:06 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201210011240.q91Ce6J7047833@svn.freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 12:40:06 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r39634 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:40:06 -0000 Author: eadler (src,ports committer) Date: Mon Oct 1 12:40:06 2012 New Revision: 39634 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39634 Log: No one has asked about cvsup in a long time. We have csup integrated and are in the process of moving away from CVS so this doesn't really matter anyways. Approved by: bcr Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Oct 1 11:57:22 2012 (r39633) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Oct 1 12:40:06 2012 (r39634) @@ -4340,45 +4340,6 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -> i82 - - Why is CVSup not integrated - in the main &os; tree? - - - - The &os; base system is designed as self-hosting — - it should be possible to build the whole operating system - starting with a very limited set of tools. Thus, the actual - build tools needed to compile the &os; sources are bundled - with the sources themselves. This includes a C compiler - (&man.gcc.1;), &man.make.1;, &man.awk.1;, and similar - tools. - - Since CVSup is written in - Modula-3, adding it to the &os; base system would also require - adding and maintaining a Modula-3 compiler. This would lead - to both an increase in the disk space consumed by the &os; - sources and additional maintenance work. Thus, it is much - easier for both the developers and users to keep - CVSup as a separate port, which - can be easily installed as a package bundled on the &os; - installation CDs. - - However, &os; users are not without an integrated - CVSup compatible client anymore - since &os; 6.2-RELEASE. Thanks to &a.mux;, - CVSup was rewritten in C as - &man.csup.1; and it is the part of the base system by now. - Although it does not implement all the features of - CVSup at the moment, it is good - enough (and really fast!) to keep your sources synchronized. - For systems earlier than 6.2, it can be installed as a port - or package (see net/csup). - - - - I updated the sources, now how do I update my installed ports?