On 01/28/2013 07:34 AM, Isaac (.ike) Levy wrote: > On CTM, > > On Jan 27, 2013, at 10:54 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: >> On 01/27/2013 09:24 PM, Isaac (.ike) Levy wrote: >>> On Jan 24, 2013, at 6:13 AM, Peter Jeremy wrote: >>>> On 2013-Jan-23 15:40:50 +0100, Oliver Brandmueller <o...@e-gitt.net> wrote: >>>>> in ancient times there was cvsup. >>> >>> Thank you for adding the ctm bits in the page, I'm deeply intrigued by >>> possibly solving this problem with bits *already* in base?!! > ... >>> - does CTM go away with the CVS servers? >>> - do CTM-compatable patch/delta files exist on project repos? >>> - what is the cleanest path to using CTM? (e.g. is the patch you mention >>> required) > ... >>> Say I have a bare 9.1 install, no ports, haven't downloaded any base/src or >>> ports yet. >>> How do I go about using ctm(1) to fetch REL or STABLE to /usr/src, command >>> by command? >> >> First, you don't need any patches to get started. >> >> Suppose you want to keep up with 9.x-stable. Then you look at the ftp >> site ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CTM/src-9/, look at the latest >> xEmpty file, and fetch it. Then create an empty directory /usr/src, and >> then do >> cd /usr/src && ctm the-xEmpty-file-you-downloaded. >> No need to decompress the file first. >> Then fetch from the same web site all the files whose number is greater >> than the xEmpty file you downloaded and do >> cd /usr/src && ctm the-rest-of-the-files* >> >> Now in /usr/src, you will have a reasonably up to date version of >> 9.x-stable. >> >> You can keep it up to date by getting more files, either from the ftp >> site, or by email, and doing again >> cd /usr/src && ctm the-rest-of-the-files* >> It will automatically ignore the files already applied. >> >> Similar instructions for all the other stable/currents and ports. Main >> thing to remember - start with an empty directory. >> >> Also making local changes is not permitted. If ctm tries to modify a >> file whose md5 checksum has changed, it will quit with an error message. >> (But it won't leave your system in an unusable state - if you put that >> file back to its original state, then ctm will work again.) >> >> Now, if you want something not offered by ctm (e.g. 8.2-release), then >> you need to use svn. You can get svn via ctm. But you (1) need to >> apply the patch, (2) install the svn port, and (3) install the xz port >> if your FreeBSD is really old. > > Thank you Stephen, ctm(1) is quite rad, but I see now how it doesn't really > replace the 'one-liner' pull of c[v]sup… > > I updated the wiki page with an example from your notes, > https://wiki.freebsd.org/UsersFetchingSource > > -- > With that, 2 questions: > > - I'm wondering if there is a clean/reliable way to pull an index of the CTM > deltas? (This is still very far from the one-liner c[v]sup had become, it > would be great to check for new delta files in a simple automated manner.) >
Not sure what you mean. You can do "ctm -l file-name" and it will tell you what files are modified in that delta. And for ports, you have the usual "make fetchindex." But that is about it. > - does CTM go away with the CVS servers, e.g. who/how is it supported > supported and maintained going foreword under SVN? > No. CTM is now completely dependent on svn. I create the CTM deltas on a computer owned by the University of Missouri. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
