Subject: Re: Get current
To: Rose, Brian <Brian.Rose@icn.siemens.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/22/2002 11:29:21
"Rose, Brian" <Brian.Rose@icn.siemens.com> writes:
> I installed NetBSD 1.5.2 (i386) and I would like to know what the fastest
> way to get current is. I installed the base system off of the boot CD. I
> would like to update the base to -current before continuing. I see there are
> no precompiled binaries for -current

Actually, you could download a new snapshot from
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/i386/snapshot

> and I really do not feel like going
> through each and every program manually. Surely there is a script that will
> walk through a source tree and build all of the software for the base. How
> do they build the precompiled binaries for the releases?

You are correct. There is a script. It is called build.sh.

Download and unpack the sources and read BUILDING in the top level of
the sources. It will explain how to use build.sh.


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