csup to svn for 8-stable

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith]

On 01/11/2013 04:51 PM, Brian W. wrote:
> 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

And when you want to update, you can just type
svn up /usr/src


> 
> 
> 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
>> --
>> David H. Wolfskill                              david at catwhisker.org
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>>
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>>
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