From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 6 20:24:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B6B316A417 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:24:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0673913C4CC for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:24:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:56924 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JBc2a-0001jW-3e for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:24:16 +0100 Received: (qmail 72892 invoked from network); 6 Jan 2008 21:24:15 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 6 Jan 2008 21:24:15 +0100 Received: (qmail 97466 invoked by uid 1001); 6 Jan 2008 21:24:15 +0100 Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 21:24:15 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Frank Shute Message-ID: <20080106202415.GA97410@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Frank Shute , Walter Jansen , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <000601c85065$94c24de0$0a01a8c0@680nr0j> <20080106200517.GA42384@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080106200517.GA42384@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1JBc2a-0001jW-3e. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1JBc2a-0001jW-3e 15abb0f1752e27eb90665452bae1e30f Cc: Walter Jansen , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port collection RELEASE6.2 lost after reinstall with CVSUP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:24:18 -0000 On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 08:05:17PM +0000, Frank Shute wrote: > On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 02:10:59PM +0100, Walter Jansen wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > Upon reading chapters of the Handbook about the Ports collection and CVSup, > > I wanted to CVSup the ports collection for the RELEASE 6.2. Stupidly using > > the wrong tag (tag=.), I erroneously but successfully installed the CURRENT > > version. I could have used SYSINSTALL for the RELEASE 6.2 ports, but for the > > sake of learning and training myself I did not. > > You used the right tag. There is only a current tag as you only have a > current ports tree to be used for all releases ie 6.2,6.3 & 7.0 (The > ports might work with older releases too). Wrong. The ports tree is not branched, but it is tagged and it does have tags corresponding to each FreeBSD release. > > > > > > > > > Problem: > > > > - I ran CVSup again with the correct tag but though everything in the > > process looked normal, the map usr/ports remains empty and nor with whereis > > nor with pkg_xxx any information about ports can be found. > > You ran cvsup again with the wrong tag. > > > > > Questions: > > > > - What did I do wrong in the process?. > > Used the wrong tag second time around. > > > > > - Is cvsup for installation of RELEASE 6.2 ports collection a bad idea > > anyway (technically) ? > > No. Although there is no 6.2 ports collection, just CURRENT. Of course there is a 6.2 ports collection. What else would you call the ports tree shipped with FreeBSD 6.2? > > > > > > > > > Proces: > > > > - I use the recently installed cvsup-without-gui, installed from ports > > Use csup(1) it's identical to cvsup but no dependencies as it's in > base & written in C. Not quite identical. There are a couple of features that cvsup(1) has, but which csup(1) does not yet have. To just check out a copy of the ports tree either should work fine though. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se