Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:07:57 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "K. Gunderson" <kgun@iacan.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proper cvsup base dir? Message-ID: <19991007210757.C817@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19991007140039.A35453@mark.iacan.org> References: <19991007120423.A35200@mark.iacan.org> <19991007204151.E316@marder-1> <19991007140039.A35453@mark.iacan.org>
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On Thu, Oct 07, 1999 at 02:00:39PM -0600, K. Gunderson wrote: > On Thu, Oct 07, 1999 at 08:41:51PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 07, 1999 at 12:04:23PM -0600, K. Gunderson wrote: > > > Greetings: > > > > > > I've never run cvsup before and looking at the docs and handbook I see a > > > difference in the base dir used. cvsup defauts to /usr/local/etc/cvsup, yet > > > the example files come configured to use /usr. It seems like the former > > > would be the more "proper" location but the folks who provided the > > > example files know a lot more about it than me. Now obviously > > > this is not mission critical, but I'm curious about it and would > > > appreciate it if somebody could enlighten me. > > > > > > > FreeBSD uses /usr, /usr/doc, /usr/src, /usr/ports. > > > > See http://www.polstra.com/projects/freeware/CVSup/faq.html for > > lots of useful info on using cvsup from the guy who wrote it. > > I've read this before I posted;) The prefix dir is where the /usr/src, > /usr/ports, etc. go. No confusion there. My question pertained to the > base dir, which affects where the checkout files go. My confusion about > this arises out of inconsistencies between the FAQ, example files, and > the Handbook. > I've just started using cvsup so it's still fairly fresh in my mind. My checkouts are in /usr/sup/{doc-all,src-all,ports-all} (and my global refuse file is in /usr/sup). The supfiles I use, from /usr/share/examples/cvsup, are: *default host=cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=. *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress src-all HTH > <snip> > -- > Ciao--Ken > http://www.y2know.org/safari > > Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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