automating cvsup... bleeding edge -STABLE

[Peter Ulrich Kruppa]

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, paul van den bergen wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> just updated my machine 4.8-RELEASE to 4.9-STABLE using
> cvsup - /root/stable-supfile
> following the handbook - thanks for the clue...
>
> the hand book mentions automating cvsup for the src using cron...
>
> given that there is quite a lot involved in make buildworld, etc., some of
> which is likely human interactive, I presume the implication is JUST to
> update the src tree (and ports tree) and rebuild manually when you wnat to...
> so that the cron job just shortcuts the download...
I don't think it is a good idea to have sources and ports lying
around that don't correspond to your actual OS. If you really
want to rebuild your system three or four times a week, you
should put all necessary commands into shell script and execute
it it periodically. People who do this probably know what can go
wrong and how to repair it.
I don't, so I upgrade manually, when I have got the time to
control what is going on.

By the way: -STABLE isn't a bleeding edge at all. I have tracked
this for three years or so, and can't remember any serious
crashes. If you whish to be left with a dysfuntional system from
time to time you should try -CURRENT :-)

Regards,

Uli.

>
> is that correct?
>
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> Dr Paul van den Bergen
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