Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 21:23:03 +0200 (CEST) From: Beat Gätzi <beat@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/172554: [handbook] [patch] Add CVSup to portsnap migration section Message-ID: <201210081923.q98JN3pC057398@tinderbox.chruetertee.ch> Resent-Message-ID: <201210092230.q99MUSVA043754@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 172554
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: [handbook] [patch] Add CVSup to portsnap migration section
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 09 22:30:28 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Beat Gätzi
>Release: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD tinderbox.chruetertee.ch 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #1 r237414M: Fri Jun 22 10:55:48 CEST 2012 root@tinderbox.chruetertee.ch:/usr/obj/usr/home/beat/dev/src/head/sys/BEASTIE i386
>Description:
Attached patch adds a new section to the handbook about the
migration from CVSup to portsnap. This was requested by rwatson@
and the patch was created in collaboration with tabthorpe@.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- ports-cvs-migration.diff begins here ---
Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
===================================================================
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml (Revision 39715)
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -910,6 +910,79 @@
</procedure>
</sect2>
+ <sect2 id="cvsup-migration">
+ <title>Migrating from CVSup/csup to portsnap</title>
+
+ <warning>
+ <para>By February 28, 2013 the ports tree will no longer be exported
+ to <application>CVS</application> and therefore
+ <application>CVSup</application> and <application>csup</application>
+ will no longer provide updates for the ports tree.</para>
+ </warning>
+
+ <procedure>
+ <title>Migration to Portsnap</title>
+
+ <para>The migration will require about 1 GB of disk space on
+ <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> , plus
+ <application>Portsnap</application> requires abou 150 MB disk space
+ on <filename class="directory">/var</filename>.</para>
+
+ <step>
+ <para>Disable any automated ports updates you may use, such
+ as a &man.cron.8; job calling <application>CVSup</application> or
+ <application>csup</application>.</para>
+ </step>
+
+ <step>
+ <para>Move the existing ports tree to a temporary location:
+ </para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mv /usr/ports /usr/ports.old</userinput></screen>
+ </step>
+
+ <step>
+ <para>Fetch the new ports tree with <application>Portsnap
+ </application> and extract it to
+ <filename class="directory">/usr/ports</filename>:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsnap fetch extract</userinput></screen>
+ </step>
+
+ <step>
+ <para>Move distfiles and saved packages to the new ports tree:
+ </para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mv /usr/ports.old/distfiles /usr/ports</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>mv /usr/ports.old/packages /usr/ports</userinput></screen>
+ </step>
+
+ <step>
+ <para>Delete the old ports tree:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>rm -rf /usr/ports.old</userinput></screen>
+ </step>
+
+ <step>
+ <para>If <application>CVSup</application> was used the before,
+ it can be no be uninstalled:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_delete -r -v cvsup-without-gui-\*</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Users of <application>pkgng</application> can use the
+ following command:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg remove cvsup-without-gui</userinput></screen>
+ </step>
+ </procedure>
+
+ <para>See <link linkend="updating-upgrading-portsnap">Using
+ Portsnap</link> for a detailed description of
+ <application>Portsnap</application> and how to update the
+ ports tree with <application>Portsnap</application>.</para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2 id="ports-skeleton">
<title>Installing Ports</title>
--- ports-cvs-migration.diff ends here ---
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