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Date:      Sat, 19 Apr 1997 12:14:32 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Steven Farmer <slfarmer@swbell.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   cvsup munges /usr/ports?
Message-ID:  <199704191714.MAA00719@pro200.farmer.org>

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 After getting 2.2-RELEASE installed via ftp, I ran cvsup to pick up
any recent changes.  The supfile is:

	*default host=cvsup.FreeBSD.org
	*default base=/usr
	*default prefix=/usr
	*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_2_2
	*default delete use-rel-suffix
	*default compress
	src-all
	cvs-crypto
	ports-all

The src-all and cvs-crypto updates gave the expected results, but the
ports-all update replaced everything in /usr/ports with CVS files!  Is
this right?  This is the fist time I've cvsup'd ports-all, and I was
expecting the files to be updated, not morphed into something else
altogether.  If this *is* right, how would I use it?

 Of course, I still can use sysinstall to install ports via ftp, but I
prefer the 'make install' method.  Should I simply ftp the entire
ports dir to reconstruct things, or is there a better way?

Thanks,

Steve




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