Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 22:14:07 +0100 (MET) From: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> To: John <papalia@UDel.Edu> Cc: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de>, Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: cvsup ports-all question Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9911182213000.22643-100000@sun33> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19991118160609.00952680@mail.udel.edu>
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On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, John wrote: > I may be way off base with a solution here, but.... you DO know what when > you're tracking the ports for 3.x you need to track -current, not -stable, > right? > > For example, I have two cvsup configuration files. One for the sources, > one for the ports. > In my source CVSup file, I have: Nope what have i used is file in /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile dedicated specially for ports. Regards, Ariel Burbiackij > *default tag=RELENG_3 > > While in my CVSup.ports file I have: > > *default tag=. > > If you try to cvsup the ports tree with teh RELENG_3 tag in there it will > successfully wipe out all files in your /usr/ports tree. > > The information on this I *believe* is on the cvsup pages on www.freesbsd.org > > If I'm way off base, then feel free to ignore :) > > Thanks, > John > > > >> So, if I understand this... you don't have > >> /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/kde11 ? > >> /usr/ports/lang/tclxx ? where xx is a version number. > > Nope :)The mentioned are here but I thought the structure > > should be so as presented in http://www.fbsd.org/masterindex.html > > Were kde tcl and some other have their own directory > > Regards > > Ariel Burbaickij > >> Are there any refuse files being used by cvsup? > >> What does your sup file look like? > >> > >> -Chris > >> P.S. Please don't send the output of ls.. thanks. > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Ariel Burbaickij [SMTP:Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de] > >> > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 4:03 AM > >> > To: Christopher Michaels > >> > Cc: 'Ariel Burbaickij'; FreeBSD Questions > >> > Subject: RE: cvsup ports-all question > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Christopher Michaels wrote: > >> > > >> > > How are you making the determination that you don't have the newer > >> > ports. > >> > > E.g. KDE, TCL, etc...? Knowing this may help us determine what the > >> > actual > >> > > issue is instead of side-steping around it. > >> > > > >> > > -Chris > >> > Thank you for your interest in moy trouble first of all, > >> > as to how I determine it is rather simple I just see > >> > a structure of my /usr/ports directory.As soon as > >> > I do not see subdirectories kde Tcl I guess they > >> > are not here. > >> > But if in doubt I can surely send the listing of > >> > ls -al /usr/ports along my ports-supfile if you need > >> > it. > >> > Best Regards, > >> > Ariel Burbaickij > >> > > >> > > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > > From: Ariel Burbaickij [SMTP:Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de] > >> > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 5:28 PM > >> > > > To: Alex Charalabidis > >> > > > Cc: Ariel Burbaickij; FreeBSD Questions > >> > > > Subject: Re: cvsup ports-all question > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Alex Charalabidis wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > I would regularly DL the tarball of all ports and untar it into > >> > the > >> > > > > > > /usr/ports directory. It should be up to date. But the cvsup > >> > > > ports-all > >> > > > > > > should be doing this automatically for every category. > >> > > > > > What does DL stand for? > >> > > > > > Regards > >> > > > > > >> > > > > DL stands for "download". You don't want to do it this way because > >> > stale > >> > > > > directories and patches will not be deleted, causing any number of > >> > > > > problems. If you do download the tarball, you want to wipe > >> > /usr/ports > >> > > > > first, maybe keeping only the distfiles you expect to need, and only > >> > > > then > >> > > > > unpack the new one. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >How can I cvsup ports-all so that I have new entries after > >> > it?(e.g. > >> > > > kde > >> > > > > > > >Tck and so on). As you might guess from the question I tried to > >> > do > >> > > > it and > >> > > > > > > >had no luck(special notice to Mr Lehey Yes I know it is not a > >> > > > question > >> > > > > > > >of luck buto of knowledge I lack :) )The somehow mysterious on > >> > it > >> > > > > > > >I got some new entries (irc ftp java) and some of them not.Any > >> > > > > > > >suggestions? > >> > > > > > >> > > > > I don't quite get the question... cvsup'ing ports-all should leave > >> > you > >> > > > > with all that's new in the right place and all that's old gone (and > >> > if > >> > > > > it's not there, there's no port for it...). No problem and don't > >> > worry, > >> > > > be > >> > > > > happy. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > -ac > >> > > > I know what they should it was not so hard to guess :)) I even > >> > > > did not get what should be here but rather the things I got > >> > > > what I can send is the listing of my /usr/ports AFTER updating > >> > > > my ports-supfile so that you can persude yourself. > >> > > > As to actual timepoint I am missing in UPDATED tree kde Tcl > >> > > > and some other new-comers. > >> > > > As to the being happy I surely am but somehow miss the ports,though > >> > > > just post the files and listings you would like to get from me. > >> > > > PS > >> > > > MY original system was 3.2-rel so it is clear to me what came > >> > > > added later and what not > >> > > > Best Regards > >> > > > Ariel Burbaickij > >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > -- > >> > > > > ============================================================== > >> > > > > Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 > >> > > > > Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 > >> > > > > WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 > >> > > > > ============================================================== > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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