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20: <h2><font color="#e00000">CVSup</font></h2>
1.21 naddy 21: <hr>
1.1 brian 22:
1.7 brian 23: <h3>Table of Contents</h3>
24: <ul>
25: <li><a href="#cvsup">What Is CVSup?</a></li>
1.114 nick 26: <li><a href="#CVS">What Is CVS?</a></li>
1.7 brian 27: <li><a href="#starting">Getting Started Using CVSup</a></li>
1.113 nick 28: <li><a href="#using">Using CVS to Work With Your Repository</a></li>
1.7 brian 29: <li><a href="#checkout">Running CVSup in Checkout Mode</a></li>
30: <li><a href="#CVSROOT">Available CVSup Servers</a></li>
1.1 brian 31: </ul>
32:
1.21 naddy 33: <hr>
1.1 brian 34:
1.9 naddy 35:
1.21 naddy 36: <h3><a name="cvsup"><font color="#0000e0">What Is CVSup?</font></a></h3>
1.1 brian 37:
38: <p>
39: <b>CVSup</b> is a software package for distributing and updating source
1.58 naddy 40: trees from a master <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1">cvs(1)</a> repository on a remote server host. The OpenBSD
1.1 brian 41: sources are maintained in a CVS repository on a central development machine
42: in Canada. With CVSup, OpenBSD users can easily keep their own source trees
43: up to date.
44:
45: <p>
46: <b>CVSup</b> uses the so-called pull model of updating. Under the pull
47: model, each client asks the server for updates, if and when they are
48: wanted. The server waits passively for update requests from its clients.
49: Thus all updates are instigated by the client. The server never sends
50: unsolicited updates. Users must either run the <b>CVSup</b> client
1.58 naddy 51: manually to get an update, or they must set up a <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cron&sektion=8">cron(8)</a> job to run it
1.1 brian 52: automatically on a regular basis.
53:
54: <p>
55: The term <b>CVSup</b>, capitalized just so, refers to the entire software
1.119 naddy 56: package. Its main components are the client <tt>cvsup</tt>
57: (or its alternative implementation <tt>csup</tt>) which runs on
1.1 brian 58: each user's machine, and the server <tt>cvsupd</tt> which runs at each of
59: the OpenBSD CVSup mirror sites.
60:
61: <p>
62: <b>CVSup</b> is intended to be both faster and more flexible than
1.21 naddy 63: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sup&sektion=1&format=html">sup(1)</a>, CVSup's predecessor.
1.1 brian 64:
65: <p>
1.107 nick 66: The OpenBSD Project currently has six main source repositories:
1.1 brian 67:
68: <ul>
1.9 naddy 69: <li><b>src</b> - Houses all source code for the OpenBSD Operating System.</li>
1.127 steven 70: <li><b>ports</b> - Houses the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">OpenBSD Ports</a>.</li>
1.124 nick 71: <li><b>www</b> - Houses all OpenBSD web pages (including this one).</li>
1.88 matthieu 72: <li><b>X11</b> - Houses OpenBSD's adaptation of the
1.89 matthieu 73: <a href="http://www.XFree86.org/">XFree86-3</a> software project.
74: This is here just for historical purposes, most users will have no
75: reason to use this tree, it is no longer being used.
1.115 deraadt 76: <li><b>XF4</b> - Houses OpenBSD's adaptation of the XFree86-4 source tree.
77: <li><b>xenocara</b> - Houses OpenBSD's active X.org v7 source tree.
1.1 brian 78: </ul>
79:
1.21 naddy 80: <h3><a name="CVS"><font color="#0000e0">What Is CVS?</font></a></h3>
1.1 brian 81:
82: <p>
83: CVS is the source code control system used to manage the OpenBSD source
1.7 brian 84: tree. It is described in more detail <a href="anoncvs.html#CVS">here</a>.
1.50 naddy 85: Note that CVS and CVSup are entirely different programs. Although
86: CVS can be used for remote file access, it is not optimized for
87: wholesale source tree distribution over the net, and CVSup can be
88: easily an order of magnitude more efficient for this task.
1.1 brian 89:
1.2 brian 90: <h3>
1.21 naddy 91: <a name="starting"><font color="#0000e0">Getting Started Using CVSup</font></a>
1.2 brian 92: </h3>
1.1 brian 93:
94: <p>
1.59 naddy 95: Building CVSup from the sources can prove cumbersome since it is
96: written in Modula-3. The <tt>lang/ezm3</tt> port provides a smaller
97: distribution of the Modula-3 compiler and runtime system for people
98: whose only need for Modula-3 is to build CVSup. Nevertheless, if
99: you only care about running CVSup, it is recommended that you
100: download the cvsup package from the <a href="ftp.html">ftp mirror
101: sites</a> instead of building your own from the <tt>net/cvsup</tt>
102: port. Currently the OpenBSD ports of Ezm3 and consequently CVSup
103: are only available on the i386 platform.
1.1 brian 104:
105: <p>
1.119 naddy 106: Alternatively, the csup package is written in C and provides a drop-in
107: compatible client.
108:
109: <p>
1.50 naddy 110: For further information about CVSup, see the author's
1.109 mbalmer 111: <a href="http://www.cvsup.org/">project homepage</a>.
1.9 naddy 112:
113: <p>
1.50 naddy 114: In order to mirror the OpenBSD repository with CVSup,
115: the following configuration file might be used:
1.1 brian 116:
117: <pre>
118: # Defaults that apply to all the collections
119: *default release=cvs
120: *default delete use-rel-suffix
121: *default umask=002
1.121 sthen 122: *default host=mirror.osn.de
1.1 brian 123: *default base=/cvs
124: *default prefix=/cvs
125:
126: # If your network link is a T1 or faster, comment out the following line.
127: *default compress
128:
129: OpenBSD-all
130: #OpenBSD-src
131: #OpenBSD-www
132: #OpenBSD-ports
133: #OpenBSD-x11
1.20 brian 134: #OpenBSD-xf4
1.110 mbalmer 135: #OpenBSD-xenocara
1.1 brian 136: </pre>
137:
138: <p>
139: This directs cvsup to refresh all OpenBSD distributions from
1.121 sthen 140: <b>mirror.osn.de</b> with a <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a> that permits group write
1.1 brian 141: permission to the local repository.
142:
143: <p>
144: Assuming this file is saved as <tt>cvs-supfile</tt>, the
1.39 horacio 145: following command would be used to invoke the cvsup GUI:
1.1 brian 146: <pre>
147: cvsup cvs-supfile
148: </pre>
1.9 naddy 149: <p>
1.1 brian 150: whereas for batch mode, the following might be used:
151: <pre>
152: cvsup -g -L 2 cvs-supfile
153: </pre>
154:
1.21 naddy 155: <h3><a name="using">
1.113 nick 156: <font color="#0000e0">Using CVS to Work With Your Repository</font>
1.2 brian 157: </a></h3>
1.1 brian 158:
159: <p>
1.113 nick 160: Now that you have a local copy of the CVS repository, it is now simple
161: to check out, update, or do any of the other CVS operations you would
162: normally do against a remote repository, locally.
1.117 deraadt 163: For example:
1.7 brian 164: <pre>
1.113 nick 165: cvs -d/cvs checkout src -P
166: cvs -d/cvs up -Pd
167: cvs -d/cvs diff -u file.c
1.7 brian 168: </pre>
1.113 nick 169: More details on CVS operation can be found in
170: <a href="faq/faq5.html#BldGetSrc">FAQ5, Fetching appropriate source
171: code</a> and in the
172: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1">cvs(1)</a>
173: man page.
1.7 brian 174:
1.21 naddy 175: <h3><a name="checkout"><font color="#0000e0">Running CVSup in
1.7 brian 176: Checkout Mode</font></a></h3>
1.1 brian 177:
178: <p>
1.7 brian 179: As an alternative to getting the repository and using CVS, you can
180: run CVSup in checkout mode by adding a <tt>tag</tt> or <tt>date</tt>
181: keyword to your supfile, either as a <tt>*default</tt> or as an
182: option to a collection. In particular, you can use this to efficiently
183: update the source and ports trees shipped on the <a
184: href="orders.html">CDROMs</a>.
185: <p>
186: The following supfile could be used to update your ports tree:
187: <pre>
188: # Defaults that apply to all the collections
1.121 sthen 189: *default host=mirror.osn.de
1.7 brian 190: *default base=/var
191: *default prefix=/usr
192: *default release=cvs
193: *default delete use-rel-suffix compress
194:
195: # Ports Collection.
196: OpenBSD-ports tag=.
197: </pre>
198: <p>
199: Any CVS symbolic tag can be used. A single period "." means HEAD,
200: i.e. the newest revision of all files in the main branch. Take care
201: to specify an existing tag, as CVSup cannot distinguish valid from
202: invalid tags, and an attempt to synchronize an existing source tree
203: to an invalid tag will remove all files.
204: <p>
205: Alternatively, use the keyword <tt>date=[cc.]yy.mm.dd.hh.mm.ss</tt>
1.60 deraadt 206: to select a revision by date. All 17 or 20 characters must be
1.7 brian 207: given as shown. For the years 2000 and beyond, specify the century
208: <var>cc</var>. For earlier years, specify only the last two digits
209: <var>yy</var>. You may also combine the <tt>tag</tt> and <tt>date</tt>
210: keywords.
211:
1.1 brian 212:
1.2 brian 213: <h3>
1.21 naddy 214: <a name="CVSROOT"><font color="#0000e0">Available CVSup Servers</font></a>
1.2 brian 215: </h3>
1.1 brian 216:
1.74 xsa 217: <p>The following CVSup servers are available:
1.7 brian 218:
1.26 brian 219: <dl>
1.41 brad 220: <dt><a href="http://cvsup.no.openbsd.org/"><strong>cvsup.no.openbsd.org</strong></a></dt>
1.27 brian 221: <dd><p>
1.43 heko 222: located in Oslo, Norway;
1.106 steven 223: maintained by <a href="mailto:anders@fupp.net">Anders Nordby</a>.<br>
1.29 brian 224: Updated every 3 hours.
1.27 brian 225: <p>
226: Available collections:
227: <table>
228: <tr><td width="20"></td>
229: <td><strong>OpenBSD-src</strong></td>
1.102 steven 230: <td>- The <b>src</b> repository</td></tr>
1.27 brian 231: <tr><td></td>
232: <td><strong>OpenBSD-ports</strong></td>
233: <td>- The <b>ports</b> repository</td></tr>
234: <tr><td></td>
235: <td><strong>OpenBSD-www</strong></td>
236: <td>- The <b>www</b> repository</td></tr>
237: <tr><td></td>
238: <td><strong>OpenBSD-x11</strong></td>
239: <td>- The <b>XFree86-3</b> repository</td></tr>
240: <tr><td></td>
241: <td><strong>OpenBSD-xf4</strong></td>
242: <td>- The <b>XFree86-4</b> repository</td></tr>
243: <tr><td></td>
1.121 sthen 244: <td><strong>OpenBSD-xenocara</strong></td>
245: <td>- The <b>Xenocara</b> repository</td></tr>
246: <tr><td></td>
1.27 brian 247: <td><strong>OpenBSD-all</strong></td>
1.121 sthen 248: <td>- All OpenBSD repositories</td></tr><!-- 20090907 xenocara not in OpenBSD-all -->
1.27 brian 249: </table>
250: </dd>
251: </dl>
252:
1.47 brian 253: <dl>
1.44 brian 254: <dt><strong>skeleton.phys.spbu.ru</strong></dt>
255: <dd><p>
1.46 brian 256: located in St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia;
1.44 brian 257: maintained by <a href="mailto:kab00m@lich.phys.spbu.ru">Dima Veselov</a>.<br>
258: Updated every 4 hours.
259: <p>
260: Available collections:
261: <table>
1.49 jufi 262: <tr><td width="20"></td>
1.44 brian 263: <td><strong>OpenBSD-ports</strong></td>
264: <td>- The <b>ports</b> repository</td></tr>
265: </table>
266: </dd>
267: </dl>
268:
1.52 brian 269: <dl>
1.58 naddy 270: <dt><strong>cvsup.jp.OpenBSD.org</strong></dt>
1.52 brian 271: <dd><p>
272: located at Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan;
1.57 brian 273: maintained by <a href="mailto:cvsupadm@openbsd.bsdlab.org">CVSup Administrator</a>.<br>
1.52 brian 274: Updated every 3 hours.
275: <p>
276: Available collections:
277: <table>
278: <tr><td width="20"></td>
279: <td><strong>OpenBSD-src</strong></td>
1.102 steven 280: <td>- The <b>src</b> repository</td></tr>
1.52 brian 281: <tr><td></td>
282: <td><strong>OpenBSD-ports</strong></td>
283: <td>- The <b>ports</b> repository</td></tr>
284: <tr><td></td>
285: <td><strong>OpenBSD-www</strong></td>
286: <td>- The <b>www</b> repository</td></tr>
287: <tr><td></td>
288: <td><strong>OpenBSD-x11</strong></td>
289: <td>- The <b>XFree86-3</b> repository</td></tr>
290: <tr><td></td>
291: <td><strong>OpenBSD-xf4</strong></td>
292: <td>- The <b>XFree86-4</b> repository</td></tr>
293: <tr><td></td>
1.121 sthen 294: <td><strong>OpenBSD-xenocara</strong></td>
295: <td>- The <b>Xenocara</b> repository</td></tr>
296: <tr><td></td>
1.52 brian 297: <td><strong>OpenBSD-all</strong></td>
1.121 sthen 298: <td>- All OpenBSD repositories</td></tr><!-- 20090907 xenocara not in OpenBSD-all -->
1.52 brian 299: </table>
300: </dd>
301: </dl>
302:
1.54 brian 303: <dl>
1.73 kevlo 304: <dt><strong>cvsup.tw.OpenBSD.org</strong></dt>
305: <dd><p>
306: located at National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan;
1.121 sthen 307: maintained by <a href="mailto:yzlin@FreeBSD.org">Yi-Jheng Lin</a>.<br>
1.73 kevlo 308: Updated every 2 hours.
309: <p>
310: Available collections:
311: <table>
312: <tr><td width="20"></td>
313: <td><strong>OpenBSD-src</strong></td>
1.102 steven 314: <td>- The <b>src</b> repository</td></tr>
1.73 kevlo 315: <tr><td></td>
316: <td><strong>OpenBSD-ports</strong></td>
317: <td>- The <b>ports</b> repository</td></tr>
318: <tr><td></td>
319: <td><strong>OpenBSD-www</strong></td>
320: <td>- The <b>www</b> repository</td></tr>
321: <tr><td></td>
322: <td><strong>OpenBSD-x11</strong></td>
323: <td>- The <b>XFree86-3</b> repository</td></tr>
324: <tr><td></td>
325: <td><strong>OpenBSD-xf4</strong></td>
326: <td>- The <b>XFree86-4</b> repository</td></tr>
327: <tr><td></td>
328: <td><strong>OpenBSD-all</strong></td>
329: <td>- All OpenBSD repositories</td></tr>
330: </table>
331: </dd>
332: </dl>
333:
334: <dl>
1.63 beck 335: <dt><a href="http://mirror.osn.de/"><strong>mirror.osn.de</strong></a></dt>
336: <dd><p>
337: located in Germany
338: maintained by <a href="mailto:aw@osn.de">Armin Wolfermann</a>.<br>
1.123 sthen 339: Updated every 3 hours.
1.63 beck 340: <p>
341: Available collections:
342: <table>
343: <tr><td width="20"></td>
344: <td><strong>OpenBSD-src</strong></td>
1.102 steven 345: <td>- The <b>src</b> repository</td></tr>
1.63 beck 346: <tr><td></td>
347: <td><strong>OpenBSD-ports</strong></td>
348: <td>- The <b>ports</b> repository</td></tr>
349: <tr><td></td>
350: <td><strong>OpenBSD-www</strong></td>
351: <td>- The <b>www</b> repository</td></tr>
352: <tr><td></td>
353: <td><strong>OpenBSD-x11</strong></td>
354: <td>- The <b>XFree86-3</b> repository</td></tr>
355: <tr><td></td>
356: <td><strong>OpenBSD-xf4</strong></td>
357: <td>- The <b>XFree86-4</b> repository</td></tr>
358: <tr><td></td>
1.108 grunk 359: <td><strong>OpenBSD-xenocara</strong></td>
360: <td>- The <b>Xenocara</b> repository</td></tr>
361: <tr><td></td>
1.63 beck 362: <td><strong>OpenBSD-all</strong></td>
363: <td>- All OpenBSD repositories</td></tr>
364: </table>
365: </dd>
366: </dl>
367:
1.118 sthen 368: <p>
1.1 brian 369: <p>
1.87 joel 370: <em>Note:</em> If your server is listed on here with inaccurate or
371: unknown information, please contact
372: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org"><tt>www@openbsd.org</tt></a>.
1.1 brian 373: <p>
1.58 naddy 374: You may want to use <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=traceroute&sektion=8">traceroute(8)</a>
1.39 horacio 375: to find out which server is nearest you.
1.1 brian 376: Problems with a server should be reported to the <b>maintainer</b> of the
377: server in question.
378: <p>
1.126 matthieu 379: As of April, 2010, the CVS repository sizes are
1.4 brian 380: <table>
1.9 naddy 381: <tr><td width="20"></td>
1.20 brian 382: <td><strong>OpenBSD-ports</strong></td>
1.126 matthieu 383: <td>- <b>425</b>MB</td></tr>
1.9 naddy 384: <tr><td></td>
1.20 brian 385: <td><strong>OpenBSD-src</strong></td>
1.126 matthieu 386: <td>- <b>1684</b>MB</td></tr>
1.9 naddy 387: <tr><td></td>
1.20 brian 388: <td><strong>OpenBSD-www</strong></td>
1.126 matthieu 389: <td>- <b>401</b>MB</td></tr>
1.116 steven 390: <tr><td></td>
391: <td><strong>OpenBSD-xenocara</strong></td>
1.126 matthieu 392: <td>- <b>723</b>MB</td></tr>
1.9 naddy 393: <tr><td></td>
1.20 brian 394: <td><strong>OpenBSD-x11</strong></td>
1.68 naddy 395: <td>- <b>200</b>MB</td></tr>
1.20 brian 396: <tr><td></td>
397: <td><strong>OpenBSD-xf4</strong></td>
1.116 steven 398: <td>- <b>564</b>MB</td></tr>
1.4 brian 399: </table>
400: <p>
1.100 steven 401: There is an additional overhead of <b>408</b>MB for the CVSROOT
1.68 naddy 402: directory. The overall repository size currently increases at a rate
1.85 nick 403: of about <b>400</b>MB per annum.
1.4 brian 404: <p>
1.1 brian 405: <strong>IMPORTANT NOTE:</strong>
406: There are a few issues relating to cryptographic software that everyone
407: should be aware of:
408: <ul>
1.9 naddy 409: <li>
410: <p>
411: The OpenBSD sources are from Canada. As
1.67 nick 412: <a href="http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html">
1.9 naddy 413: researched by a Canadian individual</a> and as
414: <a href="http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html">
415: described in the Export Control list of Canada</a>,
416: it is legal to export crypto software from Canada to the world.
417: </li>
418: <li>
419: <p>
420: However, if you are outside the USA or Canada, you should not
1.72 naddy 421: fetch the cryptographic sections of the OpenBSD sources from a
422: CVSup server located in the USA. The files in question are...
1.9 naddy 423: <ul>
424: <li><tt>src/kerberosIV/*</tt></li>
1.56 miod 425: <li><tt>src/kerberosV/*</tt></li>
1.9 naddy 426: <li><tt>src/lib/libdes/*</tt></li>
427: <li><tt>src/lib/libc/crypt/crypt.c</tt></li>
428: <li><tt>src/lib/libc/crypt/morecrypt.c</tt></li>
1.56 miod 429: <li><tt>src/sys/crypto</tt></li>
1.9 naddy 430: <li><tt>src/sys/netinet</tt></li>
431: <li><tt>src/usr.sbin/afs/src/rxkad/*</tt></li>
1.56 miod 432: <li><tt>XF4/xc-mit/lib/Xdmcp/Wraphelp.c</tt></li>
433: <li><tt>XF4/xc-old/lib/Xdmcp/Wraphelp.c</tt></li>
434: <li><tt>XF4/xc/lib/Xdmcp/Wraphelp.c</tt></li>
1.9 naddy 435: </ul>
436: <p>
437: Because of the USA ITAR munitions list,
438: crypto software may only be exported to Canada from the USA.
439: </li>
1.1 brian 440: </ul>
441:
442: <p>
443: The OpenBSD project is looking for more CVSup servers -- if you are
1.87 joel 444: interested, please contact
445: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org"><tt>www@openbsd.org</tt></a>
1.1 brian 446: for configuration details.
447:
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