Bug #293 » dfbsd-updating.diff
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<sect1 id="updating-setup">
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<title>Initial Setup</title>
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<para>Updates to the DragonFly source code
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<para>Updates to the &os; source code
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is performed using <application>cvsup</application>.
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<application>cvsup</application> compares your local system source or
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ports files to a remote repository, and downloads any changes. Only the
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differences in the files are downloaded, saving on bandwidth and time.</para>
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<para><application>cvsup</application> exists as a port
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(<filename role="package">net/cvsup</filename>) and traditionally had to be
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(<filename role="package">devel/cvsup</filename>) and traditionally had to be
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installed separately on FreeBSD. With &os;, the binary is installed as part
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of the base system.</para>
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</sect1>
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