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diff --git a/share/FAQ/Text/sup.FAQ b/share/FAQ/Text/sup.FAQ new file mode 100644 index 0000000..db9ff7f --- /dev/null +++ b/share/FAQ/Text/sup.FAQ @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ + FreeBSD + Sup FAQ + +$Id: sup.FAQ,v 1.4 1995/03/01 06:12:15 gclarkii Exp $ + + SUP is a network based software update tool developed at CMU. The +purpose of this document is get the beginner up and running with sup. + + First off you will need to pick up the sup binaries. The easiest +way of doing this is to grab the sup.tgz package from: + + ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG:/pub/FreeBSD/packages/sup.tgz + +Install the sup package using pkg_add and add the following line to +your /etc/services file: + + sup 871/tcp #sup + +SUP gets the information it needs to run from a configuration file +called a supfile. This file tells sup what collections it will be updating +and/or installing and where they go. The supfile in this directory will +sup both the source and ports collection - look for the blank line seperating +the two collections; if you don't want ports, you can simply delete all the +ports entries. If you're inside the United States, you may also uncomment +the `secure' collection line to grab the DES code. If you're outside the +U.S., you should NOT sup this code from FreeBSD.ORG as this will +violate U.S. export restrictions. Simply sup everything *but* the secure +collection and then go look on "braae.ru.ac.za", where it's available for +anonymous ftp for those outside the U.S. + +Any other distributions you do not wish to receive can be commented out +with a # at the begining of the distribution line. + +Once this is setup, you're ready to go. To start sup type: + + sup supfile + +If you wish to see what sup is doing "verbosely", give it the -v option, +like so: + + sup -v supfile + +Thats all there is to it! Remember that if you're running current, +which is what you will have if you sup, please join the freebsd-current +mailing list. You should also be sure to read: + + ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG:/pub/FreeBSD/FAQ/current-policy.FAQ + +For important information on just what we can and cannot do for you as +a -current user. + +Gary Clark II / Jordan Hubbard +FreeBSD maintainance persons. + +---- + +Description of FreeBSD SUP distributions: + +base: /usr/src/... misc files at the top of /usr/src +bin: /usr/src/bin system binaries +secure: /usr/src/secure DES Sources. U.S./Canada only! +etc: /usr/src/etc system files +games: /usr/src/games games +gnu: /usr/src/gnu sources under the GNU Public License +include: /usr/src/include include files +sys: /usr/src/sys kernel sources +lib: /usr/src/lib libraries +libexec: /usr/src/libexec more system binaries +share: /usr/src/share various shared resources +sbin: /usr/src/sbin even more system binaries +usrbin: /usr/src/usr.bin user binaries +usrsbin: /usr/src/usr.sbin that's it for the system binaries + +Ports: + +ports-base: /usr/ports/... misc files at the top of /usr/ports +ports-editors: /usr/ports/editors text editors +ports-game: /usr/ports/games games +ports-lang: /usr/ports/lang programming languages +ports-mail: /usr/ports/mail mail software +ports-math: /usr/ports/math math software +ports-net: /usr/ports/net networking software +ports-news: /usr/ports/news USENET news software +ports-print: /usr/ports/print printing software +ports-shells: /usr/ports/shells various UN*X shells +ports-utils: /usr/ports/utils miscellaneous utilities +ports-x11: /usr/ports/x11 X11 software + + + |