Subject: Re: Kernel plus even more questions
To: None <y0001006@tu-bs.de>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 04/12/1997 17:58:56
Thomas Boroske wrote:
> Anyway, I would like to know how to get the current kernel sources, I know 
> it's got something to do with "sup", but I've got no idea what this 
> means (though I can imagine a lot of things). Sorry to sound so dumb, but 
> could someone explain the procedure to me or just point me to a doc file 
> or web page where it is explained ?

Just my personal preference, but in a file called supfile.de, I have

current release=ksrc-common host=netbsd.wifo.uni-mannheim.de hostbase=/mit/ftp/pub/NetBSD base=/usr prefix=/usr compress use-rel-suffix delete
current release=ksrc-i386 host=netbsd.wifo.uni-mannheim.de hostbase=/mit/ftp/pub/NetBSD base=/usr prefix=/usr compress use-rel-suffix delete
current release=ksrc-arm32 host=netbsd.wifo.uni-mannheim.de hostbase=/mit/ftp/pub/NetBSD base=/usr prefix=/usr compress use-rel-suffix delete
current release=src host=netbsd.wifo.uni-mannheim.de hostbase=/mit/ftp/pub/NetBSD base=/usr prefix=/usr compress use-rel-suffix delete
current release=othersrc host=netbsd.wifo.uni-mannheim.de hostbase=/mit/ftp/pub/NetBSD base=/usr prefix=/usr compress use-rel-suffix delete
current release=bmake host=netbsd.wifo.uni-mannheim.de hostbase=/mit/ftp/pub/NetBSD base=/usr prefix=/usr compress use-rel-suffix delete
current release=include host=netbsd.wifo.uni-mannheim.de hostbase=/mit/ftp/pub/NetBSD base=/usr prefix=/usr compress use-rel-suffix delete
current release=security host=netbsd.wifo.uni-mannheim.de hostbase=/mit/ftp/pub/NetBSD base=/usr prefix=/usr compress use-rel-suffix delete
current release=doc host=netbsd.wifo.uni-mannheim.de hostbase=/mit/ftp/pub/NetBSD base=/usr prefix=/usr compress use-rel-suffix delete


and then I do

sup -v supfile.de >& sup.log

at a csh prompt.

Hope this helps,

 Patrick