Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 15:34:42 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1013782443.a915cc@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Elegant solution to local kernel modification sought Message-ID: <20020210143441.GA54974@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <15462.32810.965372.181772@guru.mired.org> References: <116433496@toto.iv> <15462.32810.965372.181772@guru.mired.org>
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On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 08:14:02AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> types: > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 09:54:03AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I submitted a PR a while back for a small change to a kernel module that has > > > not yet surfaced in Stable .. that's ok, I am not complaining about > > > that.. but since I track STABLE, what is the easiest way to > > > automatically infiltrate my change (I am looking for a generic kind > > > of answer) when I cvsup (which I do once a week). > > Use cvsup to get a local copy of the whole repository, and then use cvs > > to update your sources from your local repository. > > Cvs knows how to deal with local modifications to the source. > > I haven't tried it for FreeBSD, but for other projects using cvs, I > don't need to keep a local copy of the repository to do this. I just > point cvs at the remote repository, and then let "cvs update" do it's > thing. It seems to work fine, updating files that I haven't changed, > and trying to merge files that have changed in both places. Yes, that works too. > > Does keeping the local repository help in some way? Using a local repository is normally faster than using a remote one. It also helps reduce the load on the remote server. There is also the fact that while there are numerous servers around the world allowing you to update using cvsup there are only a few allowing anonymous cvs access. Having a local copy of the repository also allows you to check the cvs logs and comparing different versions of files without having to be online. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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