Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:34:08 -0800 From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> To: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: CVSup questions Message-ID: <424645D0.2010705@att.net>
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When 5.3 RELEASE first came out, I used the miniinst.iso CD to install 5.3 on a spare computer for tests. It installed ok and based on how it worked, I updated my primary computer. Now I have an application for the spare computer, and I thought I would use it to verify my understanding of how CVSup works. I installed cvsup-without-gui. pkg_info shows cvsup installed. pkg_version, however, failed. "Unable to open INDEX in pkg_do" I found that pkg_version http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/INDEX-5 ran ok, so the problem was the missing /usr/ports/INDEX-5. In fact there was no /usr/ports directory. I built src-all and ports-all. Now, there is a /usr/ports directory and and lots of directories and files therein. In /usr/ports, I did make fetchindex. It failed. The /usr/ports/Makeindex file was really Makeindex,v. I copied it as Makeindex, and tried make fetchindex again. It showed many errors, finally "fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue". Obviously I need to start over, this time using the CD with the full iso image. I'll do that, but.... What did I do wrong? And, What is the significance of the ",v" (comma, v) tacked on to several of the files in /usr/ports when the files were placed there by CVSup? Jay O'Brien Rio Linda, California, USA
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