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Added a section describing how to find a list of alternate sup servers, explaining that sup.freebsd.org is currently overloaded.
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<!-- $Id: sup.sgml,v 1.10 1996/01/03 03:18:36 jfieber Exp $ -->
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<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
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<sect><heading>SUP<label id="sup"></heading>
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<p><em>Contributed by &a.jkh; and &a.gclarkii;.</em>
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SUP is a network based software update tool developed at CMU. The
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purpose of this document is get the beginner up and running with sup.
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<sect1><heading>Getting setup</heading>
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<p>Starting with FreeBSD 2.1, sup is supplied as part of the base
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system and no separate installation is required.
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SUP gets the information it needs to run from a configuration file
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called a supfile. This file should be found in
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<tt>/usr/share/examples/sup/standard-supfile</tt> for the standard
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distributions.
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This file tells sup what collections it will be updating
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and/or installing and where they go. This supfile will sup the current source
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collection. For ports please have a look at
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<tt>/usr/share/examples/sup/ports-supfile</tt>. If you are interested
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in obtaining the cvs files that make up the source tree, refer to
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<tt>/usr/share/examples/sup/cvs-supfile</tt>. If you would rather
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track changes to the -stable release, refer to
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<tt>/usr/share/examples/sup/stable-supfile</tt>
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instead.
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If you're inside the United States, you may also uncomment
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the `secure' and `eBones' collection lines to grab the DES code.
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If you're outside the
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U.S., you should NOT sup this code from sup.FreeBSD.ORG as this will
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violate U.S. export restrictions. Instead you should use the
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<tt>secure-supfile</tt> found within the above directory. This will
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connect you to the international sup site that contains a secure distribution.
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Any distributions you do not wish to receive can be commented out
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with a # at the beginning of the distribution line.
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Please consult the file
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<tt>/usr/share/examples/sup/README</tt>
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for a list of alternate sup servers. The default sup server (sup.FreeBSD.ORG)
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listed in the above example files is currently overloaded and any traffic
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that can be transfered to a different host will help relieve some of
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the strain.
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Once this is setup, you're ready to go. To start sup type:
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<verb>
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sup supfile
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</verb>
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If you wish to see what sup is doing "verbosely", give it the -v option,
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like so:
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<verb>
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sup -v supfile
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</verb>
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Thats all there is to it! Remember that if you're running current,
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which is what you will have if you sup with the standard-supfile, please
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join the freebsd-current mailing list. You should also be sure to read
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<ref id="current"
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name="Staying current with FreeBSD">
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for important information on just what we can and cannot do for you as
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a -current user. If you are using the stable-supfile, please
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join the freebsd-stable mailing list.
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<sect1><heading>Description of FreeBSD SUP distributions</heading>
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<p>For the main FreeBSD distribution using the standard-supfile:
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<verb>
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src-base: /usr/src/... misc files at the top of /usr/src
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src-bin: /usr/src/bin user and system binaries
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src-secure: /usr/src/secure DES Sources (US/Canada ONLY)
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src-eBones: /usr/src/eBones Kerberos and DES (US/Canada ONLY)
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src-etc: /usr/src/etc system files
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src-games: /usr/src/games games
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src-gnu: /usr/src/gnu sources under the GNU Public License
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src-include: /usr/src/include include files
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src-sys: /usr/src/sys kernel sources
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src-lib: /usr/src/lib libraries
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src-libexec: /usr/src/libexec system binaries
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src-share: /usr/src/share various shared resources
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src-sbin: /usr/src/sbin single user system binaries
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src-usrbin: /usr/src/usr.bin user binaries
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src-usrsbin: /usr/src/usr.sbin system binaries
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</verb>
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<p>For the international FreeBSD distribution using the secure-supfile:
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<verb>
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src-secure: /usr/src/secure DES Sources
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src-eBones: /usr/src/eBones Kerberos and DES
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</verb>
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<p>And for the ports collection:
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<verb>
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ports-base: /usr/ports/... misc files at the top of /usr/ports
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ports-editors: /usr/ports/editors text editors
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ports-game: /usr/ports/games games
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ports-lang: /usr/ports/lang programming languages
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ports-mail: /usr/ports/mail mail software
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ports-math: /usr/ports/math math software
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ports-net: /usr/ports/net networking software
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ports-news: /usr/ports/news USENET news software
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ports-print: /usr/ports/print printing software
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ports-russian: /usr/ports/russian russian software
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ports-shells: /usr/ports/shells various UN*X shells
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ports-utils: /usr/ports/utils miscellaneous utilities
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ports-x11: /usr/ports/x11 X11 software
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</verb>
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