Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:07:27 +0900 (JST) From: Hideyuki KURASHINA <rushani@FreeBSD.org> To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> Cc: Atsushi SUGAWARA <asugawar@f3.dion.ne.jp> Subject: /var/db is not specified as `base' for CVSup by default Message-ID: <20041027.220727.35708725.rushani@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi,
Thanks for changing `base' option of CVSup from /usr/local/etc/cvsup
to /var/db ([*]). I won't object your change, however, Atsushi-san found
following sentence (underlined) are wrong:
Where should cvsup maintain its status files?
http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html#CVSUP-CONFIG-STATUS
The CVSup client maintains certain status files in what is called
the ``base'' directory. These files help CVSup to work more efficiently,
by keeping track of which updates you have already received. We will
use the standard base directory, /var/db:
*default base=/var/db
This setting is used by default if it is not specified in the supfile,
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so we actually do not need the above line.
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If your base directory does not already exist, now would be a good time
to create it. The cvsup client will refuse to run if the base directory
does not exist.
As described in cvsup(1) manual page or suplib/src/SupMisc.i3 in CVSup dist,
default `base' is the /usr/local/etc/cvsup.
May I commit a fix for this issue? (The patch is attached)
-- rushani
[*] http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml#rev1.354
Index: chapter.sgml
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.360
diff -u -r1.360 chapter.sgml
--- chapter.sgml 25 Oct 2004 14:48:11 -0000 1.360
+++ chapter.sgml 27 Oct 2004 13:01:51 -0000
@@ -1152,10 +1152,6 @@
<programlisting>*default base=/var/db</programlisting>
- <para>This setting is used by default if it is not specified
- in the <filename>supfile</filename>, so we actually do not
- need the above line.</para>
-
<para>If your base directory does not already exist, now would
be a good time to create it. The <command>cvsup</command>
client will refuse to run if the base directory does not
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