docs/70124: [PATCH] add note about cvsup

[Joel Dahl]

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

From: Joel Dahl <joel at automatvapen.se>
To: Peter Pentchev <roam at ringlet.net>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/70124: [PATCH] add note about cvsup
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:15:45 +0200

 Tis 2004-08-10 klockan 12.39 skrev Peter Pentchev:
 > 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
 > ===================================================================
 > RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
 > retrieving revision 1.639
 > diff -u -r1.639 book.sgml
 > --- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml	9 Aug 2004 19:49:17 -0000	1.639
 > +++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml	10 Aug 2004 10:37:45 -0000
 > @@ -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>
 
 This looks a lot better than my minimalistic patch. Thanks! :)
 
 -- 
 Joel