Bring FreeBSD 3.2-release to current
Zhihui Zhang
After reading all related documents available (CTM, make world) etc. I
decide to bring my FreeBSD 3.2-release to FreeBSD-current. Before I try
this, I hope someone can give some general suggestions to avoid errors.
For example, where should I put the deltas, which deltas should I
download, etc.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
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David Coder
I did this recently, using cvsup to download the source files and then making
build & making install. That way only changed files were downloaded. It
helped, of course,to have a fast connection.
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David Coder
> On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote:
>
> >
> > After reading all related documents available (CTM, make world) etc. I
> > decide to bring my FreeBSD 3.2-release to FreeBSD-current. Before I try
> > this, I hope someone can give some general suggestions to avoid errors.
> > For example, where should I put the deltas, which deltas should I
> > download, etc.
> >
> > Any suggestions are appreciated.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > Zhihui Zhang. Please visit http://www.freebsd.org
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
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> I did this recently, using cvsup to download the source files and then making
> build & making install. That way only changed files were downloaded. It
> helped, of course,to have a fast connection.
>
> dc
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I forgot to say where I downloaded everything. Let me just append my supfile.
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# $Id: standard-supfile,v 1.12.2.1 1999/02/11 20:14:51 jdp Exp $
#
# This file contains all of the "CVSup collections" that make up the
# FreeBSD-current source tree.
#
# CVSup (CVS Update Protocol) allows you to download the latest CVS
# tree (or any branch of development therefrom) to your system easily
# and efficiently (far more so than with sup, which CVSup is aimed
# at replacing). If you're running CVSup interactively, and are
# currently using an X display server, you should run CVSup as follows
# to keep your CVS tree up-to-date:
#
# cvsup standard-supfile
#
# If not running X, or invoking cvsup from a non-interactive script, then
# run it as follows:
#
# cvsup -g -L 2 standard-supfile
#
# You may wish to change some of the settings in this file to better
# suit your system:
#
# host=cvsup3.FreeBSD.org
# This specifies the server host which will supply the
# file updates. You must change it to one of the CVSup
# mirror sites listed in the FreeBSD Handbook at
# http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors.html.
# You can override this setting on the command line
# with cvsup's "-h host" option.
#
# base=/usr
# This specifies the root where CVSup will store information
# about the collections you have transferred to your system.
# A setting of "/usr" will generate this information in
# /usr/sup. Even if you are CVSupping a large number of
# collections, you will be hard pressed to generate more than
# ~1MB of data in this directory. You can override the
# "base" setting on the command line with cvsup's "-b base"
# option. This directory must exist in order to run CVSup.
#
# prefix=/usr
# This specifies where to place the requested files. A
# setting of "/usr" will place all of the files requested
# in "/usr/src" (e.g., "/usr/src/bin", "/usr/src/lib").
# The prefix directory must exist in order to run CVSup.
# Defaults that apply to all the collections
#
# IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror sites
# listed at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors.html.
*default host=cvsup3.FreeBSD.org
*default base=/usr
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix
*default tag=.
*default delete use-rel-suffix
# If your network link is a T1 or faster, comment out the following line.
#default compress
## Main Source Tree.
#
# The easiest way to get the main source tree is to use the "src-all"
# mega-collection. It includes all of the individual "src-*" collections,
# except "src-crypto", "src-eBones", and "src-secure".
src-all
# These are the individual collections that make up "src-all". If you
# use these, be sure to comment out "src-all" above.
#src-base
#src-bin
#src-contrib
#src-etc
#src-games
#src-gnu
#src-include
#src-kerberosIV
#src-lib
#src-libexec
#src-release
#src-sbin
#src-share
#src-sys
#src-tools
#src-usrbin
#src-usrsbin
## Export-restricted collections.
#
# Only people in the USA and Canada may fetch these collections. If
# you are not in the USA or Canada, please use the collections in the
# "secure-supfile" instead.
src-crypto
src-eBones
src-secure
Doug
>
> After reading all related documents available (CTM, make world) etc. I
> decide to bring my FreeBSD 3.2-release to FreeBSD-current.
You didn't mention the -current mailing list, or the cvs commit logs, both
of which are required reading for -current. Are you sure you don't want to
be running 3.2-Stable, which is the most up to date version on the stable
branch of freebsd? The -current branch is experimental, sometimes broken,
and eats unprepared people for lunch.
Good luck,
Doug
Zhihui Zhang
> logs, both of which are required reading for -current. Are you sure you
> don't want to be running 3.2-Stable, which is the most up to date
> version on the stable branch of freebsd? The -current branch is
> experimental, sometimes broken, and eats unprepared people for lunch.
Thanks for your suggestions. I have subscribed -current and cvs-all lists.
One of the reason I want to install -current is that I am looking at the
source code at http://lxr.linux.no/freebsd, which I find out is newer than
FreeBSD 3.2-release I have.
I just look at the CTM sites, there are several directories like src-3/,
src-cur/, cvs-cur/, ports-cur/. Can you please tell me which directories
should I download deltas from? I am not sure what is the "starter" delta
for FreeBSD 3.2-Release. The names of deltas (e.g. src-3.0001.gz) do not
look like what the FreeBSD handbook describes.
Thanks for your help.
-Zhihui
Zhihui Zhang
I write the following for possible references by others:
I have downloaded the most recent base delta src-cur.3900xEmpty.gz from
ftp.freebsd.org and applied it with the following command:
# cd /usr/src
# ctm -v -F /usr/CTM/src-cur.3900xEmpty.gz (use -F option)
It overwrites existing 3.2-release source code tree. After that, I do
"make buildworld", "make installworld", and rebuild the kernel. The
machine has now rebooted successfully. See
http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd/current.htm on how to make world.