etcupdate, svnlite, documentation etc. following the transition of source to Git
Herbert J. Skuhra
herbert at gojira.at
Sat Jan 2 08:47:11 UTC 2021
On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 09:31:36 +0100, Graham Perrin wrote:
>
> With the transition to Git
>
> ==========================
>
> If it's true that /usr/src is _no longer_ a predictable path to the
> source files, then is it still appropriate for users' fortunes to
> include this FreeBSD tip?
>
> <https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips?id=6b8f0ba8e29699e1184c27e8c72574896fb0a661#n529>
>
> It is, still, essentially a smart tip (thank you, Lars) however some
> readers who have switched to the `git` approach might benefit from an
> additional hint to use option -s
>
> svnlite
> =======
>
> <https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html>
> still describes use of `svnlite` (not `git` or `got`) and, I guess,
> might continue to do so for some time.
>
> In this context, is `cd /usr/src` still true?
If you clone the repository to /usr/src instead of e.g.
/usr/src/freebsd-current.
--
Herbert
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