From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 8 12:38:49 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 3AB3237B401 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:38:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vectors.cx (manifold.vectors.cx [64.163.147.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB3C943E88 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:38:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: from vectors.cx (2391eaa9087f0703eab8eab7ce76ca51@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vectors.cx (8.12.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g98Jdnho017660; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:39:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: (from monkey@localhost) by vectors.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g98JdnGa017659; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:39:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:39:49 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger To: Martin McCormick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Safe Use of cvsup Message-ID: <20021008193949.GB81796@vectors.cx> References: <200210081920.g98JKBw58996@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200210081920.g98JKBw58996@dc.cis.okstate.edu> X-Editor: Vim 6.1 http://www.vim.org X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5 http://www.mutt.org X-URL: http://www.vectors.cx http://www.crackula.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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 >> (10.08.2002 @ 1220 PST): Martin McCormick said, in 0.8K: << > 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? if you toast the /usr/src directory by a bad tag in the cvsup file, putting in the correct tag and rerunning cvsup will correct the problem. i don't see much use in backing up something that is available from any number of readily available sites. -Adam -- "Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." -Lilo, "Lilo & Stitch" Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message