From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 5 6:44:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dinjo.touchtunes.com (operator.touchtunes.com [216.94.139.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E308737B401 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 06:44:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dinjo@touchtunes.com) Received: (from dinjo@localhost) by dinjo.touchtunes.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f55DiXs22044 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:44:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dinjo) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:44:33 -0400 From: Joel Dinel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: From -RELEASE to -STABLE Message-ID: <20010605094432.A22008@dinjo.touchtunes.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-Useless-Header: Look ma, it's a # sign! X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE i386 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 I'm running 4.3 -RELEASE right now, and I keep my ports tree current with the following cvsup file : *default host=cvsup.ca.freebsd.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4 *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress ports-all tag=. I'd like to track -STABLE on a weekly basis. I've got "The Complete FreeBSD, 3rd Edition" but I'm not quite sure I fully understand the concept of tracking -STABLE. Last time I tried doing this, 'make world' bombed my box and I was left with a very, very broken system. I'd like to know : * What to add/modify to my cvsup file to track -STABLE * How 'make world' works, and how *not* to bomb my system * What to expect (broken stuff perhaps ?) * How to keep my system (/usr/src) up to date afterwards Also, how often do you people out there rebuild your entire system? Many, many thanks! -- Joel Dinel TouchTunes Digital Jukebox, Inc. Everything is controlled by a small evil group to which, unfortunately, no one we know belongs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message