7.0-BETA1.5 ISO/ftp

Julian Elischer julian at elischer.org
Thu Oct 25 18:35:50 PDT 2007


Freddie Cash wrote:
> On October 25, 2007 04:24 pm Steve Bertrand wrote:
>>> Maybe not, but for the bulk of the users of cvsup, csup is a drop-in
>>> replacement.  :)  As with most things in Unix-land, there's more than
>>> one way to do things, and every one will defend to the death their
>>> way of doing things.  :D
>> Without taking the time to RTFM, I'll say this:
>>
>> The first thing I do when I install a new system from an ISO is:
>>
>> # pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui
>> # pkg_add -r fastest_cvsup
>>
>> Then I copy my supfile(s) from another equivalent box to this one,
>> including my refuse file, and:
>>
>> # cvsup -L 2 -g /etc/supfile && cvsup -L 2 -g /etc/supfile.ports
>>
>> Will csup work the exact same way, without having to do the pkg_add
>> steps? Is this what " a drop in replacement" means?
> 
> Yes.
> 

unless the cvsup file takes the cvs view.



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