Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 19:31:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "David E. Cross" <dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: release images question? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980105193105.1402P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980104093028.20028A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>
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On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, David E. Cross wrote: > On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, Doug White wrote: > > > On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, David E. Cross wrote: > > > > > what is the make(1) command to build the release images (boot.flp, > > > fixit.flp, bin.aa, bin.ab, ..., etc)? > > > > This process involves checking out and rebuilding the entire release > > structure. You must have the CVS tree available to check out the release > > from and enough disk space to build the entire system and archive up the > > release packages. > > > > See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/release/Makefile to start. > > You will also need to set up cvsup. > > > > Any reason you need to do this? > > I have setup a FreeBSD mirror, and a number of people have expressed alot > of interest in gettting 2.2.5-STABLE rather than 2.2.5-RELEASE. Try pointing them at current.freebsd.org; they do the `daily build' on -CURRENT and 2.2-STABLE. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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