Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 23:41:42 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Local CVS repository, the final frontier Message-ID: <20020223224142.GA1242@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20020223064121.G16048@blossom.cjclark.org> References: <20020223134033.GA13138@raggedclown.net> <20020223064121.G16048@blossom.cjclark.org>
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On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 06:41:21AM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 02:40:33PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > Hi, > > Ok..updating src from my local network repository, no problem > > But what command do I give to 'cvs' to update the /usr/ports > > collection from the network repository (which is updated nightly). > > I have spent all morning, thinking and trying and I am damned if > > I can get it to work a la cvsupit (i.e. update changed ports). > > I realise that ports is not under cvs as such, is there some > > magic to get it to just replace older files with newer ones. > > Or do I need to write a find script..whatever ? > > I'm not sure I understand. The ports are under CVS control just as > much as any other part of FreeBSD. You say you have a local > repository? Why not just cvsup(1) the ports (if you are not already) > and just use cvs(1) the same way? Because I am dumb, d.u.m.b.... *Sigh*, I made errm, a small but significant mistake. I will just slink in a corner for a while... Maybe I should have trained to be a lion-tamer after all. Sorry for time wasted. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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