On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 11:17:49AM -0700, Gustavo A. Baratto wrote: > An opinion about having a csvup-like program in the base system, from a user > that is not a developer : > - It is a real pain to go find the cvsup package everytime I need to setup a > freebsd box... the versions are different for each freebsd release, and I > can never use the same URL with pkg_add... If I could, this wouldn't be a > big deal, because I could just script this once and use many times. > I use cvsup to sync /usr/src and /usr/ports. The first think I do (and > probably everybody else) after installing a RELEASE, is to cvsup /usr/src, > and buildworld to apply the patches and stress-test the box before going to > production. When I first started using freebsd about 2 years ago, I was > wondering why a so much needed and widely used tool was not present in the > base system, while things much less used and more dangerous were > (bind,ntp,sendmail,telnetd,etc). Having a cvs-like program in the base > system is not just a natural addition, but pretty much requirement for most > simple users like me. No version number is needed, just type "pkg_add -r cvsup" or "pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui" (what I use). That my first step when I install a FreeBSD box. -- Brooks
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