> > >From: Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: pura life CR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Daily FreeBSD updates (was: Re: priority on rc script caused > panic) > >Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:57:24 +0300 > > > >On 2004-07-19 10:58, pura life CR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I regularly (almost daily) upgrade my CURRENT installation and > the > > >> set of commands I use when the single user shell fires up is: > > >> > > >> adjkerntz -i # allow system time updates to work > > >> swapon -a # enable all swap partitions > > >> fsck -p # check any filesystems that need it > > >> mount -u / # remount root fs as read-write > > >> mount /usr # mount /usr as read-write > > >> > > >> cd /usr/src # upgrade sequence > > >> make installworld # - // - > > >> mergemaster # - // - > > > > > > This should not be done. > > > > > > You dont really need to upgrade daily, you are just overloading > freebsd > > > cvsup servers. > > > >That's not true... > > > >I'm running FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT. Keeping a local CVS mirror which is > >updated once a day and test build/run on my machine is the least I > can > >do to help in testing the -CURRENT branch. The mirror I use is the > one > >that is closest to me (cvsup2.gr.freebsd.org). > > [snip] > > My comment is still applicable. If you just run a cvs mirror, > just fetch the source code. You dont need to test to know whether if > compiles or not. I think noone really helps to freebsd by compiling > the source code every day looking for errors.
Maybe I'm way off here because I do not do any such testing as Giorgos suggests, but how are the developers supposed to supply patches for problems if -CURRENT builds are in fact not built, and build-errors not found? I would think that it would be easier to mirror the tree, and build daily/weekly etc to find build errors than it would be to review the source code line-for-line to find the bugs. > It is better to test and > contribute code. How do you suggest testing without building? I believe that Giorgos is suggesting that *is* what he is doing...building, locating bugs, fixing (contributing/committing code). Could someone with more experience clarify this? This is quite a confusing thread. Steve > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Amor [1]Busca tu ½ naranja > > References > > 1. http://g.msn.com/8HMBES/2752??PS=47575 > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"