Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 21:52:59 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: "Rodrigo A B Freire" <bsdstuffs@brasilia.br>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Newbie: 4.4-stable, how to? - And the CVSupIT bug. Message-ID: <033851553020e12FE7@mail7.nc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <006601c19c87$dbd56d40$e6389ac8@rodhome> References: <00b901c19c43$3454d040$ea489ac8@rodhome> <0da520355170d12FE8@mail8.nc.rr.com> <006601c19c87$dbd56d40$e6389ac8@rodhome>
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On Sunday 13 January 2002 06:13 pm, Rodrigo A B Freire wrote: > Hi everyone, and thanks for replying! > > But... Well, CVSup, by itself isn't kinda complicated, but.. Umm.. > After cvsupping, is there anything else to do? > If just CVSup is enough to keep the machine up to date, GREAT! I've got > it! No, that's not it. See "the leading edge" in the handbook and /usr/src/UPDATING. But in a nutshell, cvsup cd /usr/src make buildworld KERNCONF=your-custom-kernel make kernel KERNCONF=your-custom-kernel reboot to single-user mode (boot -s ; fsck -u ; mount -a -t ufs ; swapon) cd /usr/src make installworld KERNCONF=your-custom-kernel mergemaster reboot. > > But, if not, what are the next steps? > > Thanks, guys! > > p.s.1: I have a fat 34 Mbit/s pipe to the internet, and, actually, I'm > testing FBSD 4.4-RELEASE. > > p.s.2: The handobook's page, the comparision between -RELEASE and -STABLE, > shows the following command to, probably, CVSup the machine. The command > is: pkg_add -f > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/All/cvsupit-3.0.tgz > But, this goddamn link installs in your machine a older buggy version of > cvs. If there's anyone here in the list that manages the Ports collection, > please, be aware. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> > To: "Rodrigo A B Freire" <bsdstuffs@brasilia.br>; > <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 3:54 PM > Subject: Re: Newbie: 4.4-stable, how to? > > > On Sunday 13 January 2002 10:01 am, Rodrigo A B Freire wrote: > > > People, > > > > > > Is there an easy way to install the 4.4-stable version, without the > > > complication of CVSup, etc. etc etc.? > > > > No. If you don't want all that complexity you just need to wait for the > > next > > > release. They come out about once a quarter, so this shouldn't be an > > enormous burden. > > > > Besides, cvsup and buildworld are really very easy to do; just following > > the > > > "leading edge" section of the handbook and read /usr/ports/UPDATING. > > > > I know it sounds scary but it's really very smooth (at least if you have > > a fast internet connection--I imagine it's pretty tiresome on a regular > > phone > > > modem). > > > > -- > > Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) > > Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) > > http://www.babbleon.org > > > > -------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! (let him go home) <----------- > > > > http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) http://www.babbleon.org -------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! (let him go home) <----------- http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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