Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 10:03:20 +0100 (MET) From: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> To: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> Cc: "'Ariel Burbaickij'" <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: cvsup ports-all question Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9911181000160.6096-100000@sun9> In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D8C@site2s1>
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On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Christopher Michaels wrote: > How are you making the determination that you don't have the newer ports. > E.g. KDE, TCL, etc...? Knowing this may help us determine what the actual > issue is instead of side-steping around it. > > -Chris Thank you for your interest in moy trouble first of all, as to how I determine it is rather simple I just see a structure of my /usr/ports directory.As soon as I do not see subdirectories kde Tcl I guess they are not here. But if in doubt I can surely send the listing of ls -al /usr/ports along my ports-supfile if you need it. Best Regards, Ariel Burbaickij > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ariel Burbaickij [SMTP:Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 5:28 PM > > To: Alex Charalabidis > > Cc: Ariel Burbaickij; FreeBSD Questions > > Subject: Re: cvsup ports-all question > > > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Alex Charalabidis wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > > > > > > > > I would regularly DL the tarball of all ports and untar it into the > > > > > /usr/ports directory. It should be up to date. But the cvsup > > ports-all > > > > > should be doing this automatically for every category. > > > > What does DL stand for? > > > > Regards > > > > > > DL stands for "download". You don't want to do it this way because stale > > > directories and patches will not be deleted, causing any number of > > > problems. If you do download the tarball, you want to wipe /usr/ports > > > first, maybe keeping only the distfiles you expect to need, and only > > then > > > unpack the new one. > > > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >How can I cvsup ports-all so that I have new entries after it?(e.g. > > kde > > > > > >Tck and so on). As you might guess from the question I tried to do > > it and > > > > > >had no luck(special notice to Mr Lehey Yes I know it is not a > > question > > > > > >of luck buto of knowledge I lack :) )The somehow mysterious on it > > > > > >I got some new entries (irc ftp java) and some of them not.Any > > > > > >suggestions? > > > > > > I don't quite get the question... cvsup'ing ports-all should leave you > > > with all that's new in the right place and all that's old gone (and if > > > it's not there, there's no port for it...). No problem and don't worry, > > be > > > happy. > > > > > > -ac > > I know what they should it was not so hard to guess :)) I even > > did not get what should be here but rather the things I got > > what I can send is the listing of my /usr/ports AFTER updating > > my ports-supfile so that you can persude yourself. > > As to actual timepoint I am missing in UPDATED tree kde Tcl > > and some other new-comers. > > As to the being happy I surely am but somehow miss the ports,though > > just post the files and listings you would like to get from me. > > PS > > MY original system was 3.2-rel so it is clear to me what came > > added later and what not > > Best Regards > > Ariel Burbaickij > > > > > > > > -- > > > ============================================================== > > > Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 > > > Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 > > > WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 > > > ============================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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