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  • Read-only access for everyone -

    Getting started using Anonymous CVS

    +

    Pre-loading the source tree

    -While you can download the entire source tree from an anoncvs server, you can -save time and bandwidth by preloading your tree with the source tarballs. +While you can download the entire source tree from an AnonCVS server, you can +save time and bandwidth by pre-loading your tree with the source tarballs. This is particularly true if you are running -stable, as relatively few files change between the -release and -stable.

    The source files for download from the mirrors are -separated into two files to reduce the time required to download for those -wishing to work with only one part of the tree. +separated into two files to reduce the download time for those wishing to +work with only one part of the tree. The kernel sources are in sys.tar.gz and the userland sources are in src.tar.gz. +

    +The following commands assume you have followed +these instructions to give a non-root +user write access to the src, ports and xenocara directories. +

    -# cd /usr/src
    -# tar xzf /tmp/src.tar.gz
    -# tar xzf /tmp/sys.tar.gz
    -# cd /usr
    -# tar xzf /tmp/xenocara.tar.gz
    -# tar xzf /tmp/ports.tar.gz
    +$ cd /usr/src
    +$ tar xzf /tmp/src.tar.gz
    +$ tar xzf /tmp/sys.tar.gz
    +$ cd /usr
    +$ tar xzf /tmp/ports.tar.gz
    +$ tar xzf /tmp/xenocara.tar.gz
     

    Using CVS to get and update your source trees