From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 27 05:57:43 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B72916A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:57:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 935E243D31 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:57:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 55so49823wri for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:57:41 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=MI/KTvo625CxQyH1q/XYrxvjQ2fGF9KCsFVQWaR/gJFPi/nx0ydhet36EA4dsbWcjnBgiCN3QBUbsW+J3j/iB6IIIDythHZsAe6n/W3B4MivrpD1j1PzOJEycXZbFRAW9s25KyFGO7iCBbEtk4MA9M+UA/sn4krB7/Uw0CT84ho= Received: by 10.54.27.18 with SMTP id a18mr2326457wra; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:57:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?59.93.160.241? ([59.93.160.241]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 34sm270883wra.2005.03.26.21.57.39; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:57:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <42464B4C.7010100@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 11:27:32 +0530 From: Subhro User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jay O'Brien References: <424645D0.2010705@att.net> In-Reply-To: <424645D0.2010705@att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD - questions Subject: Re: CVSup questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:57:43 -0000 Jay O'Brien wrote: >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. > > This is because you didn't install the ports collection. IT is recommended either to download the port tarred port collection from the FTP or use cvsup to get the ports collection. >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". > You probably used CVS instead of cvsup. CVS, also known as Concurrent Version System is a mechanism which allows developers to manage codebase on which more than one individual is working simultaneously. When some change is made to a file "foo.bar" managed by a CVS, a file called "foo.bar,v" is created by the CVS. This file contains all the information about what changed and who changed it along with the comments which a developer might have provided during updating the file "foo.bar". Just to add, using the foo.bar,v file along with foo.bar, any version of the file may be created that ever existed. > > >Obviously I need to start over, this time using the CD with >the full iso image. I'll do that, but.... > > Well, its not always feasible to get hold of the full CD and also its most of the times not required. I generally use either the bootonly CD or the floppies to get a box on the network and pull off everything required over the network. However it is implied that you have a descent connection or you should arrange for some coffee while you install. :-) Best of Luck and welcome to the wonderful world where most of the things are free :-) Best Regards, S.