CVSup

如许多人了解的那样，ftp.freebsdchina.org的服务器挂了，很不幸地，这件事多少也有我一份，在硬件故障之后，我怀疑我尝试修复的最后一次操作给了它致命一击——这台在机房运行了四年之久的机器，终于消失在了机房茫茫闪烁的指示灯中，更为严重的是，我们恐怕永远无法再找到这台机器，因为没有人知道它在机房的确切位置了……

由于磁盘故障，ftp.freebsdchina.org 暂时无法提供服务了(初步估计是panic掉了)。更头疼的是，由于连续5年运行没有出过什么严重问题，这台机器在机房的位置恐怕也不太好找了。

许多人开始在论坛宣布5.4-RELEASE。历史上FreeBSD把发出的iso收回重新release又不是没发生过，那么着急做什么？FreeBSD是一个开源的系统，国内有两个每15分钟更新一次的官方cvsup镜像，何必呢……

I have set up a mirror for the major BSD software, especially DragonFly/Free/Open/NetBSD and KAME at my personal server, tarsier.delphij.net for about two weeks. Today I have annouced that on kernel@dfly and Liam Foy has added it to the official download list.

Some cvsweb and other related site is ongoing. I’m very pleased that I can support BSD related software, no matter joining their development, or providing mirrors for wider spread.

The script I am using for updating my own website(s) is not quite complex, it is here:

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#!/bin/sh
# Detect and update the files
#
# $Phantasm$

CVSROOT="/home/ncvs"
SUPFILE="/home/delphij/cvsup/supfile-delphijweb"
LOCKFILE="/home/delphij/cvsup/cvsup-lock"

if [ -f ${CVSROOT}/CVSROOT/commitlogs/have_updates ]
then
	rm ${CVSROOT}/CVSROOT/commitlogs/have_updates
	cvsup -1gL 2 ${SUPFILE}
fi

Of course you need some CVSROOT scripts to get it work, but the idea is not too complex.

I’m not sure why, but this is really strange. Maybe cvsup’s bug? I finally removed a directory and re-sync’ed the code and it seems to work properly now. (N.B. files were not updated by cvsup :-(

It turns that I need to set up my own cvsup server so I can deploy my fork elsewhere. Here comes how.

Today I have finally started my lightweight fork of FreeBSD. The methodlity taken was, use the official mirror (cvsup5.cn)’s cvsup service and derive my own repository with CVSup’s local repository ablity by disabling its delete function, and exploiting FreeBSD’s stock CVS’s local branch numbering feature.

The FreeBSD 5-SELECT cvs repository, my selected FreeBSD 5.x collection is available by HTTP browse here:

http://bsd.delphij.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/

A commit mail archive is available here:

http://lists.delphij.net/mailman/listinfo/delphijbsd