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CVSup is a software package for distributing and updating source trees from a master CVS repository on a remote server host. The OpenBSD @@ -65,21 +67,22 @@
CVS is the source code control system used to manage the OpenBSD source tree. It is described in more detail here. +
@@ -89,6 +92,15 @@
+Building CVSup from the sources is not for the fainthearted since +it is written in Modula-3. There is a port of the CVSup client +(misc/cvsup-bin) which provides John's pre-compiled executables +for the i386 and sparc architectures that run under FreeBSD and +SunOS emulation, respectively, since there is no native port of +Modula-3 to OpenBSD yet. +
+ +The following configuration file might be used:
@@ -120,27 +132,32 @@Assuming this file is saved as cvs-supfile, the following command would be used to envoke the cvsup GUI: +
cvsup cvs-supfile
+whereas for batch mode, the following might be used: +
cvsup -g -L 2 cvs-supfile
-It is now simple to check out any one of the CVSup'ed repositories. For Korn/Bourne shells: +
# cd /usr
# CVSROOT=/cvs cvs checkout src
For csh and its derivatives: +
# cd /usr
# setenv CVSROOT /cvs
@@ -161,7 +178,7 @@
Or OPENBSD_2_5 for 2.5, etc.
-Running CVSup in
+Running CVSup in
Checkout Mode
@@ -204,7 +221,7 @@
-Available CVSup Servers
+Available CVSup Servers
The following CVSup servers are available:
@@ -213,16 +230,28 @@
cvsup.uk.OpenBSD.org
located in Brighton, UK;
-maintained by Brian Somers.
+maintained by Brian Somers.
updated every 2 hours.
+
Available collections:
+
-OpenBSD-src - The src repository
- OpenBSD-ports - The ports repository
- OpenBSD-www - The www repository
- OpenBSD-x11 - The x11 repository
- OpenBSD-all - All OpenBSD repositories
+ OpenBSD-src
+ - The src repository OpenBSD-ports
+ - The ports repository OpenBSD-www
+ - The www repository OpenBSD-x11
+ - The x11 repository OpenBSD-all
+ - All OpenBSD repositories
cvsup.de.OpenBSD.org
located near Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
-maintained by Wolfram Schneider.
+maintained by Wolfram Schneider.
updated by CTM.
+
Available collections:
+
-openbsd-src-all - The src repository
- openbsd-ports-all - The ports repository
- openbsd-www-all - The www repository
- openbsd-cvs-all - All OpenBSD repositories except for x11
+ openbsd-src-all
+ - The src repository openbsd-ports-all
+ - The ports repository openbsd-www-all
+ - The www repository openbsd-cvs-all
+ - All OpenBSD repositories except for x11
cvsup.hu.OpenBSD.org
located in Hungary;
-maintained by Mohacsi Janos.
+maintained by Mohacsi Janos.
Updated every 4 hours.
+
Available collections:
+
-OpenBSD-src - The src repository
- OpenBSD-ports - The ports repository
- OpenBSD-www - The www repository
- OpenBSD-x11 - The x11 repository
- OpenBSD-all - All OpenBSD repositories
+ OpenBSD-src
+ - The src repository OpenBSD-ports
+ - The ports repository OpenBSD-www
+ - The www repository OpenBSD-x11
+ - The x11 repository OpenBSD-all
+ - All OpenBSD repositories
cvs.bsdfr.org
located in France;
-maintained by Jean-Claude Christophe.
+maintained by Jean-Claude Christophe.
Updated every 12 hours.
+
Available collections:
+
-OpenBSD-src - The src repository
- OpenBSD-ports - The ports repository
- OpenBSD-www - The www repository
- OpenBSD-all - All OpenBSD repositories
+ OpenBSD-src
+ - The src repository OpenBSD-ports
+ - The ports repository OpenBSD-www
+ - The www repository OpenBSD-all
+ - All OpenBSD repositories
Note:, If your server is listed on here with inaccurate or
unknown information, please contact beck@openbsd.org
+href="mailto:beck@openbsd.org">beck@openbsd.org
+
You may want to use "traceroute" to find out which server is nearest you.
Problems with a server should be reported to the maintainer of the
server in question.
+
-Currently (as of June 1, 2000), the cvs repository sizes are
+Currently (as of June 1, 2000), the CVS repository sizes are
+
| ports | - 31MB - | |
| src | - 648MB - | |
| www | - 23MB - | |
| x11 | - 192MB + | |
| + | ports | +- 31MB |
| + | src | +- 648MB |
| + | www | +- 23MB |
| + | x11 | +- 192MB |
There is an additional overhead of 25MB for the CVSROOT and sup directories +
IMPORTANT NOTE: There are a few issues relating to cryptographic software that everyone should be aware of: +
-
+ The OpenBSD sources are from Canada. As + + researched by a Canadian individual and as + + described in the Export Control list of Canada, + it is legal to export crypto software from Canada to the world. +
++ However, if you are outside the USA or Canada, you should not + fetch the cryptographic sections of the OpenBSD sources from an + AnonCVS server located in the USA. The files in question are... +
++ Because of the USA ITAR munitions list, + crypto software may only be exported to Canada from the USA. +
+The OpenBSD project is looking for more CVSup servers -- if you are @@ -334,10 +415,10 @@ for configuration details.
-
+
www@openbsd.org
-