Updates regarding FreeBSD.org svn mirrors
22 July, 2015 by peter@wemm.org | freebsd
There have been some updates to the project-operated svn mirrors. The current status is here: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/svn.html The changes should improve robustness and security and are not intended to be disruptive. Of note: * "svn.freebsd.org" is now geo-dns routed to a mirror, with failover. * "svn.freebsd.org" is now the recommended location for general use. * https://svn.freebsd.org now has a real certificate and use of https is encouraged. * The old mirror names are deprecated and no longer documented but are expected to continue to be usable for the foreseeable future. For future checkouts, you should use svn.freebsd.org rather than the deprecated mirror names. Before using the https method, you should ensure that you have the 'security/ca_root_nss' package installed, for example: # pkg install ca_root_nss Existing svn checkouts may be adjusted to use the new configuration by using the 'svn relocate' command. This command is used to change the repository root prefix that you can see in the output of 'svn info'. Instructions on the use of svn commands are beyond the scope of this announcement, but there is documentation available online at the time of writing: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.ref.svn.c.relocate.html http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.svn.c.relocate.html As a brief example, if you had a checkout from svn://svn0.eu.freebsd.org/base/head/sys you could use the following command to use the new infrastructure: $ svn relocate svn://svn0.eu https://svn After this command completes, the root would be: https://svn.freebsd.org/base/head/sys Note that the 'ca_root_nss' package should be installed before doing this. Changing the svn root in git-svn is a non-trivial operation and should only be attempted by people familiar with the intricacies of git-svn. In summary: * You should not *need* to change anything. * You should stop using the old mirror names for new checkouts. * You may update existing checkouts if convenient/desired. * If in doubt, leave your checkouts alone. They will work as before.