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List:       freebsd-stable
Subject:    Re: cvsup
From:       "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd () futuresouth ! com>
Date:       1999-09-03 21:57:47
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On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 05:32:10PM -0400, a little birdie told me
that W Gerald Hicks remarked
> 
> > You're trying to mix two different methods of tracking stable. CVS and
> > CVSup aren't the same thing. Pick one and stick to that. The only reason
> > you'd want to use CVS over CVSup is if you make a lot of local source
> > hacks.
> 
> Not necessarily :-)
> 
> I find it more useful to use CVSup to maintain my local repository
> and use CVS to check out from that.  Why?  cvs log, cvs diff, etc.

'Screw this make cleandir crap, newfs /usr/src, cd /usr && cvs co src.'
'Let's do a build on RELENG_2_1 overnight just to prove we can!'
'Let's only CVSup once for both src/ and ports/'

And, my personal favorite,
'Look at this 750 megs of space I have sitting around!'




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