From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 4 04:17:02 2007 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 9934316A418 for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2007 04:17:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@ridecharge.com) Received: from exhub015-1.exch015.msoutlookonline.net (exhub015-1.exch015.msoutlookonline.net [207.5.72.93]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 796FB13C448 for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2007 04:17:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@ridecharge.com) Received: from philip.hq.rws (74.93.213.161) by smtpx15.msoutlookonline.net (207.5.72.103) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.0.730.1; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 21:17:02 -0700 Message-ID: <4704693C.8010006@ridecharge.com> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 00:17:00 -0400 From: "Philip M. Gollucci" Organization: Rideray Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070919) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rem P Roberti References: <20071004033814.GA2069@remdog.net> <47046569.8070309@ridecharge.com> <20071004041313.GA2141@remdog.net> In-Reply-To: <20071004041313.GA2141@remdog.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Philip M. Gollucci" , FreeBSD Subject: Re: portsdb 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: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:17:02 -0000 Rem P Roberti wrote: > On 2007.10.04 00:00:41 +0000, Philip M. Gollucci wrote: >> Rem P Roberti wrote: >>> Ok...this one must have slipped past me. I attempted to udate the ports tree with the usual portsdb -Fu and >>> discover that there is no access to freebsd.org. What have I missed? >> Its not just you -- try a mirror. >> >> If I didn't know better, I would say a router on the internet that >> freebsd.org is behind is having issues. >> >> This has been sporadically happening a lot recently for a lot of people. >> >>> Rem > > Ok...it looks as though it isn't something on this end. I'm pretty much a newbie, and would like to know how > to use portsdb in conjunction with a mirror. TIA. Well normally you would use a mirror -- I misread that as cvsup not portsdb. The -F option: -F --fetchindex Fetch the ports index file called INDEX from the official site. If you haven't tweaked your ports tree you should be able to just to portsdb -u for now. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip M. Gollucci (philip@ridecharge.com) c:323.219.4708 o:703.749.9295x206 Senior System Admin - Riderway, Inc. http://riderway.com / http://ridecharge.com 1024D/EC88A0BF 0DE5 C55C 6BF3 B235 2DAB B89E 1324 9B4F EC88 A0BF Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching.