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From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: /var/db is not specified as `base' for CVSup by default
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 10:07:27PM +0900, Hideyuki KURASHINA wrote:
> 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,
>     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>     so we actually do not need the above line.
>     ------------------------------------------
> 
>     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)
> 
[...]

Hiroki Sato (hrs@) and I got a recent talk about this problem, Hiroki
should fix it soon.

Marc