Subject: Re: Compiling kernel
To: Julio Merino <juli@merino.net>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/06/2001 10:08:33
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Julio Merino wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 09:02:09AM -0500, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> >
> >     cd /usr/src
> >     cvs update -P -d -rnetbsd-1-5 >/var/tmp/src.cvs.log &

> > By the way, I think netbsd-users is not the right forum for this.
> > netbsd-users is supposed to be for issues that are tangential to
> > NetBSD itself. The creation of a "netbsd-release" list is being
> > considered, but in the meantime, I suggest the proper forum for all
> > problems with building NetBSD from cvs checkout is "netbsd-current".
>
> Ok, but what I'm trying to download with cvs is current or release?
> If not, where do I get the sources for release? Is it there any .tar.gz
> that contains them?

It sounds like you already have the sources for "release", mostly. If
you do as I suggested, you'll be building NetBSD 1.5.1_BETA2.

> And another thing... I have the same problem with pkgsrc... Is it there
> a .tar.gz for them too?

Yes.


Frederick