On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 11:04:22AM -0600, Karl Hammerschmidt wrote:
> I've installed NetBSD system (for home use), and I'm going to rebuild 
> the kernel, and update the userland.
> 
> In the past, I've used SUP to fetch the source because when I've used 
> CVS it would update the files and then stall for quite a while before 
> printing a "connection reset by peer". (I don't remember the exact 
> message, but it didn't say much beyond that.)
> 
> But when I've used SUP I haven't been sure whether to set the delete or 
> execute flags on the various collections in /etc/supfiles/coll.list. In 
> the example, delete is only set on the pkgsrc collection.
> 
> So, I'm curious if I should use SUP or CVS, and I'm curious what I 
> should do about the issues I've had.

Well, it depends on your usage. To track a slow-moving target like a release
branch, where you won't upgrade often, I would use sup. 
To track current cvs is better because it's more real time: the sup server
is updated only once a day, and if it happens at a time where the tree is in
an unbuildable state, you have to wait 24h. With cvs you can get the fix
a few minutes after it's commited.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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