On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:06:06 +0000, Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > --On 22 November 2012 17:41 +0100 Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> wrote: > > >> I'm looking at switching to 'freebsd-update' - is there an equivalent > >> way to get it to update me to '-STABLE'? > > > > No. The freebsd-update program can only be used to follow > > the RELEASE branch, plus the security updates (RELEASE-pN). > > Following STABLE branch still requires you to update by > > source. > > Ok, as csup is 'deprecated' - I guess what I need to do is move over to > Subversion instead?
Sadly, yes. There still is no csup-equivalent (efficient and fast implementation distributed with the base OS) provided yet. And it's not just about "being provided with the OS", but also about nice integration (like /etc/sup/* config files or the option to simply "make update"). > - As 'freebsd-update' is only going to get me release + > security (-pX), not 'stable'. Correct. You _can_ use this to compile your own non-GENERIC kernel, but it will always have the "pre-STABLE" content, just as the rest of /usr/src. > At the moment we have a local host that has the entire FreeBSD source tree > on it - so we can just 'cherry pick' versions we need to update - I'd guess > / hope a similar setup is possible, but with Subversion... It should be possible, as the functionality of CVS and SVN can be seen as quite comparable. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
