Astrodog wrote: > On 10/3/07, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> On 10/3/07, Robert Backhaus <robbak_at_robbak.com> wrote: >>> On 10/3/07, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman_at_gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Installworld shouldn't clobber the supfiles in >>>> /usr/share/example/cvsup... having to change the default host after >>>> every build/install world is annoying >>> Another option is to always specify the host on the command line (csup >>> -h cvsup2.au.freebsd.org ....) or using a tool like fastest_cvsup >>> (csup -h `fastest_cvsup -qc au` ...). >>> > > Given the inherent dangers of using cvsup, and updating from source, I > do not believe this... minor barrier to entry really deserves > consideration, and I'm sure we can all agree that it really would be > best to paint it blue. Although I share this viewpoint, I really think that the "/etc/make.conf" / "make update" mechanism should be documented in the handbook, now that FreeBSD has an integraded csup. Perhaps http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html would be a good place?Received on Wed Oct 03 2007 - 18:41:56 UTC
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