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authorjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1995-10-16 09:01:52 +0000
committerjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1995-10-16 09:01:52 +0000
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-<!-- $Id: current.sgml,v 1.4 1995/09/25 09:38:59 jkh Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: current.sgml,v 1.5 1995/09/27 00:46:16 jmz Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
THE FREEBSD CURRENT POLICY
-Last updated: $Date: 1995/09/25 09:38:59 $
+Last updated: $Date: 1995/09/27 00:46:16 $
This document attempts to explain the rationale behind FreeBSD-current,
what you should expect should you decide to run it, and states some
@@ -122,10 +122,6 @@ too much time to do this as a general task.
changed from then on. Many people run sup from cron
and keep their sources up-to-date automatically.
- The problem is that sup does not use the bandwidth efficient,
- unless the round-trip is very fast. If the cost of connection
- or the duration of the session is a concern, use CTM.
-
<item> Use ftp. The source tree for FreeBSD-current is always
"exported" on:
<verb>
@@ -145,11 +141,15 @@ too much time to do this as a general task.
tar file.
</enum>
+ <item> Essentially, if you need rapid on-demand access to the source and
+ communications bandwidth is not a consideration, use sup or ftp.
+ Otherwise, use CTM.
+
<item> If you're grabbing the sources to run, and not just look at,
- then grab <em>all</em> of current, not just selected portions. The
- reason for this is that various parts of the source depend on
- updates elsewhere and trying to compile just a subset is almost
- guaranteed to get you into trouble.
+ then grab <em>all</em> of current, not just selected portions. The
+ reason for this is that various parts of the source depend on
+ updates elsewhere and trying to compile just a subset is almost
+ guaranteed to get you into trouble.
<item> Before compiling current, read the Makefile in /usr/src
carefully. You'll see one-time targets like `bootstrapld'
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