[olug] CVS: cvsup on FreeBSD

[neal rauhauser]

   I can speak to what cvsup does for FreeBSD, but portupgrade is still 
dark territory for me. Since Sean hasn't volunteered I guess that means 
I have :-(


   I've asked a couple of times about a BSD install fest - shall we just 
do one concurrent with the Linux installfest?



OBrien, Timothy (Omaha Linux Users Group - OLUG) wrote:
> Somehow, I do not think Sean volunteered. I wish he would though. =)
> 
> Irish
> 
> 
> <quote who="neal rauhauser">
> 
>>
>>  Lets all give Sean a big hand for volunteering to do a presentation on
>>cvsup+portupgrade :-)
>>
>>Sean Kelly wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 07:49:11AM -0500, neal rauhauser wrote:
>>>
>>>>  The BSD world keeps the kernel source and much of the OS itself in
>>>>/usr/src.
>>>
>>>Actually, all of FreeBSD sans the ports collection resides under
>>>/usr/src. /usr/src is commonly referred to as "the world" or "the
>>>system."
>>>
>>>
>>>>If you want to update you load the cvsup utility, either by
>>>>using /stand/sysinstall and installing the binary package, or by
>>>
>>>changing to /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui and
>>>compiling/installing.
>>>
>>>You can also update your source tree in a few other methods:
>>>* CVS (not CVSup) - This is how I do it. I actually keep a local
>>>mirror of
>>>  the entire FreeBSD repository, but that isn't necessary to use CVS.
>>>* CVSup - As you described it. This is a nicer interface to CVS which
>>>has
>>>  the advantages of rsync.
>>>* CTM - Patches are e-mailed to you and a script automatically applies
>>>them
>>>  every night.
>>>
>>>For more information on these, see the FreeBSD Handbook:
>>>http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html
>>>
>>>...
>>>
>>>>  Sounds complex? An upgrade to the current patches in a given
>>>
>>>version
>>>
>>>>requires just these commands:
>>>>
>>>>cvsup -g -L 2 <config file>
>>>>cd /usr/src
>>>>make buildworld
>>>>make installworld
>>>>cd /usr/src/sys/compile/<machine's kernel directory>
>>>>make depend
>>>>make
>>>>make install
>>>>shutdown -r now
>>>
>>>This is no longer the approved and suggested method to update one's
>>>kernel and world. I don't think it has been since the beginning of
>>>FreeBSD 4.x. The proper way is listed in /usr/src/UPDATING, which
>>>should be read every time you update your source tree. That method is:
>>>
>>>        make buildworld
>>>        make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
>>>        make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
>>>        reboot  (in single user)
>>>        make installworld
>>>        mergemaster
>>>        reboot
>>>
>>>Or, if you are like me and don't bother with singleuser mode since you
>>>are a desktop system and you've put the KERNCONF= line in
>>>/etc/make.conf, just do:
>>>
>>>   make buildworld
>>>   make buildkernel
>>>   make installkernel
>>>   make installworld
>>>   mergemaster
>>>   reboot
>>>
>>>...
>>>
>>>>  There is a good article here http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/4111
>>>
>>>about
>>>
>>>>something called portupgrade - an automagic method for finding
>>>
>>>installed ports and updating them. I just discovered it so I'm not
>>>yet a wizard with it, but it seems very promising - the binary
>>>package management on FBSD will be as smooth as the OS upgrade path
>>>already is :-)
>>>
>>>There was supposedly talk about the Binary Update system at BSDCon '03
>>>over the weekend during the Security BoF. However, I didn't attend
>>>BSDCon so I don't really know anything about it. However, portupgrade
>>>rules.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Sean Kelly         | PGP KeyID: D2E5E296
>>>smkelly at zombie.org | http://www.zombie.org
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