csup to svn for 8-stable

[David Wolfskill]

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 02:45:10PM -0800, Brian W. wrote:
> I had an existing /usr/src/ tree from previous csup sessions. After a bit
> of reading, it looks like all I need to do are these two steps?
> 
> pkg_add -r subversion
> svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/8 /usr/src
> 
> Is it really that simple for a src update?

Unless you have custom modifications in your source tree, I believe that
you will find it simpler to remove it (or at least rename it) and use
the above "svn co" to create a fresh new working copy.

> I have been using portsnap for years for ports, so I can continue to do
> that.

That is my understanding, yes.

> ...

Peace,
david
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