csup to svn for 8-stable

[Brian W.]

When I tried the first time, it only grabbed a few folders, a second try
got me a conflict message. I then just whacked /usr/src and did the svn co
again, successfully.

Brian


On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:48 PM, David Wolfskill <david at catwhisker.org>wrote:

> 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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