5.x stable cvsup

[Kent Stewart]

On Monday 16 February 2004 03:03 am, Spades wrote:
> Thanks, but /usr/src/UPDATING doesn't exist
>
> spank# ls /usr/src
> crypto          kerberos5       secure
> spank# uname -a
> FreeBSD spank 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jun  5 02:55:42
> GMT 2003     root at wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC 
> i386
>
> Hmm?

I had that happen when I had a -s option on my cvsup command line. I 
rm'ed /usr/src and cvsup only updated what it thought had changed.

Kent

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart at owt.com>
> To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>; "Spades" <spades at galaxynet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 9:46 AM
> Subject: Re: 5.x stable cvsup
>
> > On Friday 13 February 2004 03:18 pm, Spades wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I got a question, my dedicated server provider has installed
> > > 5.1-Release and refuses to install 4.7 for me. Can I recompile to
> > > 5.1-STABLE using the same method as 4.7 and same
> > > 4.x-stable-supfile and kernel config file.
> >
> > The accepted technique is in /usr/src/UPDATING just like it is in
> > 4.x. There are a few things different but the buildworld,
> > build[install]kernel, installworld method is used on both branches.
> >
> > I think 4.7 has been EOLed, i.e., no bug fixes or security fixes. I
> > wouldn't want one on my local network.
> >
> > > OR do i need to use a 5,x-stable method? any idea any url
> > > i can find help in compiling 5.1-REL to STABLE.
> >
> > There isn't a 5.x-stable. You probably won't see that until
> > 5.3-stable.
> >
> > Kent
> >
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> > Richland, WA
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Kent Stewart
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