Re: Introduce myself and question about getting CURRENT
On Mar 5, 2011, at 4:16 PM, Nerius Landys wrote: Anyhow, first things are first. I need to get CURRENT. So, what is the preferred way to get CURRENT on your system? As mentioned, there are a lot of variations. Personally, I bootstrap current systems by installing a minimal STABLE distribution first (today, that's 8.2) from the CD. Then use SVN to checkout the CURRENT sources to /usr/src. Then following the instructions in /usr/src/UPGRADING. The trickiest issue is whether you want to build any additional ports before or after you upgrade. That basically depends on whether you want to debug FreeBSD or debug ports. ;-) Tim ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Introduce myself and question about getting CURRENT
Hi guys, I'd like to contribute to the FreeBSD community by testing and programming a little in the coming months/years. I'm a mathematician from Berkeley (B.S.), I have been using FreeBSD for about 5 years (on a router and on 2 servers) and I come from a strong programming background (12+ years). I'm also currently involved with some other open source projects such as GtkRadiant, which is a map editor for Quake 3 engine games. An issue in FreeBSD that I'm interested in looking into in the short run is the ath wireless driver situation (I've already contacted Adrian). The two particular issues with the ath driver that I'm currently having may very well already be resolved in CURRENT, so I'm about to test that. Anyhow, first things are first. I need to get CURRENT. So, what is the preferred way to get CURRENT on your system? I'm very familiar with the whole buildkernel/buildworld mechanism and I intend to compile CURRENT from source on a continual basis. The only question I have about this is, is the upgrade 8.2 - CURRENT a supported upgrade that will work fairly well? Or are there some CD image ISOs available for a relatively recent CURRENT? Basically, I'm about to install CURRENT on a new system that will be used for testing and development, and don't know the preferred way to do this. - Nerius Rambetter Landys ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Introduce myself and question about getting CURRENT
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Nerius Landys nlan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, I'd like to contribute to the FreeBSD community by testing and programming a little in the coming months/years. I'm a mathematician from Berkeley (B.S.), I have been using FreeBSD for about 5 years (on a router and on 2 servers) and I come from a strong programming background (12+ years). I'm also currently involved with some other open source projects such as GtkRadiant, which is a map editor for Quake 3 engine games. An issue in FreeBSD that I'm interested in looking into in the short run is the ath wireless driver situation (I've already contacted Adrian). The two particular issues with the ath driver that I'm currently having may very well already be resolved in CURRENT, so I'm about to test that. Anyhow, first things are first. I need to get CURRENT. So, what is the preferred way to get CURRENT on your system? I'm very familiar with the whole buildkernel/buildworld mechanism and I intend to compile CURRENT from source on a continual basis. The only question I have about this is, is the upgrade 8.2 - CURRENT a supported upgrade that will work fairly well? Or are there some CD image ISOs available for a relatively recent CURRENT? Basically, I'm about to install CURRENT on a new system that will be used for testing and development, and don't know the preferred way to do this. Noting the relevant handbook passage: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading.html . I personally run `make kernel-toolchain', then `make buildworld buildkernel' when building on CURRENT. I also use the sources from svn, not cvs, csup, cvsup. Other FreeBSD folks may use git, hg, etc. So there's no one right or wrong answer, in terms of build instructions (as long as you follow the minimum prescribed instructions in UPDATING), or pulling down sources. And yes, there are some CURRENT snapshots: ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ Hopefully that helps get you started on an appropriate path. Cheers, -Garrett ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Introduce myself and question about getting CURRENT
Welcome Nerius, hope you enjoy your ride =) You can start with download a snapshot of current from: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ caontains monthly iso, I use FreeBSD-9.0-CURRENT-201101-i386-dvd1.iso. br, On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Nerius Landys nlan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, I'd like to contribute to the FreeBSD community by testing and programming a little in the coming months/years. I'm a mathematician from Berkeley (B.S.), I have been using FreeBSD for about 5 years (on a router and on 2 servers) and I come from a strong programming background (12+ years). I'm also currently involved with some other open source projects such as GtkRadiant, which is a map editor for Quake 3 engine games. An issue in FreeBSD that I'm interested in looking into in the short run is the ath wireless driver situation (I've already contacted Adrian). The two particular issues with the ath driver that I'm currently having may very well already be resolved in CURRENT, so I'm about to test that. Anyhow, first things are first. I need to get CURRENT. So, what is the preferred way to get CURRENT on your system? I'm very familiar with the whole buildkernel/buildworld mechanism and I intend to compile CURRENT from source on a continual basis. The only question I have about this is, is the upgrade 8.2 - CURRENT a supported upgrade that will work fairly well? Or are there some CD image ISOs available for a relatively recent CURRENT? Basically, I'm about to install CURRENT on a new system that will be used for testing and development, and don't know the preferred way to do this. - Nerius Rambetter Landys ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- //Monthadar Al Jaberi ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
