From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 21:46:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EB7F37B401 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:46:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mmp-1.gci.net (mmp-1.gci.net [208.138.130.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A45B643FCB for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:46:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joepok@ninestar.com) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (89-6-237-24.gci.net [24.237.6.89]) by mmp-1.gci.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HGA00IIUVX5SK@mmp-1.gci.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 20:46:18 -0800 (AKDT) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 20:46:16 -0800 From: Joe Pokupec In-reply-to: <44isrdqwnq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> To: Lowell Gilbert , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.1.2418 Subject: Re: CVS Update X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 04:46:20 -0000 Thanks Lowell, Cvsup looks like the thing that I need. I followed the directions in the Handbook. I receive the following error: fileserver# cvsup -g -L2 /root/standard-supfile Parsing supfile "/root/standard-supfile" Release not specified for collection "14:08:16" Any ideas? Thanks Joe > If you don't already have the cvs repository on your machine, you > would be better off using cvsup instead of using cvs directly. > Please see the handbook discussion: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html >> Joe Pokupec writes: > >> I've been using FreeBSD 4.7 for about 6 months now. I've failed to >> understand how to use cvs. Can anyone point me to a web page or other >> explanation to use cvs to update: >> >> 1) The entire ports collection >> >> 2) My currently installed ffmpeg >> >> 3) 4.7 to 4.8 >> >> Attempts to use cvs update yield the following: >> >> # cvs update ffmpeg >> cvs update: No CVSROOT specified! Please use the `-d' option >> cvs [update aborted]: or set the CVSROOT environment variable. >> >> OK, how the heck does one specify the CVSROOT variable? >> >> I know that man cvs should be helpful, but my predominantly Mac background >> has lobotomized the logical lobe in my brain.