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From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>
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Subject: Re: cvsup ports
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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)
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Thanks, I put that in and it worked.   You have got all the answers ;-}
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     but do them with enthusiasm.  Colette.


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