Re: etcupdate, svnlite, documentation etc. following the transition of source to Git

From: Herbert J. Skuhra <herbert_at_gojira.at>
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2021 09:47:07 +0100
On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 09:31:36 +0100, Graham Perrin wrote:
> 
> With the transition to Git
> 
> ==========================
> 
> If it's true that /usr/src is _no longer_ a predictable path to the
> source files, then is it still appropriate for users' fortunes to
> include this FreeBSD tip?
> 
> <https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips?id=6b8f0ba8e29699e1184c27e8c72574896fb0a661#n529>
> 
> It is, still, essentially a smart tip (thank you, Lars) however some
> readers who have switched to the `git` approach might benefit from an
> additional hint to use option -s
> 
> svnlite
> =======
> 
> <https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html>
> still describes use of `svnlite` (not `git` or `got`) and, I guess,
> might continue to do so for some time.
> 
> In this context, is `cd /usr/src` still true?

If you clone the repository to /usr/src instead of e.g.
/usr/src/freebsd-current.

--
Herbert
Received on Sat Jan 02 2021 - 07:47:11 UTC

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