Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 00:44:29 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx> Cc: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Safe Use of cvsup Message-ID: <20021008214429.GE83241@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20021008193949.GB81796@vectors.cx> References: <200210081920.g98JKBw58996@dc.cis.okstate.edu> <20021008193949.GB81796@vectors.cx>
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On 2002-10-08 12:39, Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx> wrote: > >> (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. It might be a little faster to simply extract a tarball, if one has enough space to keep a backup copy locally :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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