Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:00:37 -0800 From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsup ports Message-ID: <386C2A65.341990F4@nwlink.com> References: <386A53A2.286AE8F@nwlink.com> <87vh5hlh76.fsf@main.wgaf.net>
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Arcady Genkin wrote: > > R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> writes: > > > I tried to use cvsup to update my ports. Here is my cvsupfile: > > > > *default host=cvsup5.FreeBSD.org > > *default base=/usr > > *default prefix=/usr > > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_3 > > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > *default compress > > ports-all > > > > I ran cvsup cvsupfile > > It connected fine. Then it proceeded to delete all my makefiles and > > other useful information from every port directory. > > A question: what does '*default release=cvs' mean (I don't understand > > what I'm doing really, I modified my cvsupfile from an example in The > > Complete FreeBSD)? > > You can't specify tag=RELENG_3 for ports, but you do via the default > line. Try using > > ports-all tag=. > > This is discussed in the handbook. For more info see: > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/synching.html#CVSUP > > Cheers, > -- > Arcady Genkin http://wgaf.dyndns.org > "'What good is my pity? Is not the pity the cross upon which he who > loves man is nailed?..'" (Zarathustra - F. Nietzsche) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Thanks, I put that in and it worked. You have got all the answers ;-} -- You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. Colette. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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