docs/70124: [PATCH] add note about cvsup

[Peter Pentchev]

The following reply was made to PR docs/70124; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Peter Pentchev <roam at ringlet.net>
To: Joel Dahl <joel at automatvapen.se>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/70124: [PATCH] add note about cvsup
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:39:33 +0300

 On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 12:48:53PM +0000, Joel Dahl wrote:
 > 
 > >Number:         70124
 > >Category:       docs
 > >Synopsis:       [PATCH] add note about cvsup
 > >Description:
 > I get this question all the time, "Why is CVSup not in the base
 > installation of FreeBSD", so maybe we should include it in the FAQ?
 > This patch does that.   
 
 What do you think about the following patch, which explains the problem
 a bit more thoroughly? :)
 
 G'luck,
 Peter
 
 Index: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
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 diff -u -r1.639 book.sgml
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 @@ -5060,6 +5060,30 @@
        </qandaentry>
  
        <qandaentry>
 +        <question id="cvsup-in-base">
 +	  <para>Why is CVSup not integrated in the main FreeBSD tree?
 +	  </para>
 +	</question>
 +
 +	<answer>
 +	  <para>The FreeBSD base system is designed as self-hosting - it
 +	    should be possible to build the whole operating system starting
 +	    with a very limited set of tools.  Thus, the actual build tools
 +	    needed to compile the FreeBSD sources are bundled with the
 +	    sources themselves.  This includes a C compiler (&man.gcc.1;),
 +	    &man.make.1;, &man.awk.1;, and similar tools.</para>
 +
 +	  <para>Since CVSup is written in Modula-3, adding it to the FreeBSD
 +	    base system would also require adding and maintaining a Modula-3
 +	    compiler.  This would lead to both a growth in the disk space
 +	    consumed by the FreeBSD sources and additional maintenance work.
 +	    Thus, it is much easier for both the developers and users to
 +	    keep CVSup as a separate port, which can be easily installed as
 +	    a package bundled on the FreeBSD installation CD's.</para>
 +	</answer>
 +      </qandaentry>
 +
 +      <qandaentry>
          <question id="ports-update">
             <para>I updated the sources, now how do I update my installed
               ports?</para>
 
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