Getting /usr/src/ from SVN directly?

[Erik Trulsson]

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 10:31:39AM -0700, Nerius Landys wrote:
> > one could also use the -F switch in connection with mergemaster(8).
> 
> >From mergemaster manpage:
> 
> "If the files differ only by VCS Id ($FreeBSD) install the new file."
> 
> Yes that is exactly what I want, thanks.
> 
> By the way, are there any other ways that are more preferred to get
> /usr/src/ than doing what I've done, which is using
> devel/subversion-freebsd to checkout head into /usr/src/?

No, that is probably the best way.

An older method (which still works) is to use csup/cvsup to download a
local copy of the whole CVS repository and then use cvs to checkout
/usr/src from this copy.
Before the switch to subversion this was the preferred way.




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