From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 8 12:20:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5257E37B401 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:20:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dc.cis.okstate.edu (dc.cis.okstate.edu [139.78.100.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B3443E6A for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:20:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu) Received: from dc.cis.okstate.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dc.cis.okstate.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g98JKBw58996 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 14:20:12 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu) Message-Id: <200210081920.g98JKBw58996@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Reply-To: martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Safe Use of cvsup Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 14:20:11 -0500 From: Martin McCormick Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If one uses an incorrect tag in cvsup, it tends to destroy the /usr/src tree, a sort of make zapworld. Would there be anything wrong with backing up the /usr/src directory to a tar file before running cvsup so that if the worst happens, one can restore the directory to what it was before the mishap? I am building a new FreeBSD system from a CDROM that is a bit out of date so I need to upgrade it after installation. The only thing I was thinking of was that there might be links or something else not obvious that would make the restored /usr/src useless. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK OSU Center for Computing and Information Services Network Operations Group To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message