Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:15:08 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Curtis Vaughan <cav@mail.dux.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using cvsup Message-ID: <4123D4EC.9020905@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <EC7F1202-F15F-11D8-8AD6-000393934006@mail.dux.ru> References: <EC7F1202-F15F-11D8-8AD6-000393934006@mail.dux.ru>
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Curtis Vaughan wrote:
> I'm a little confused about using cvsup. I'm referring to 2
> resources (The Complete FreeBSD - 4th edition, and
> www,freebsd.org manual for cvsup). BTW, I currently have FreeBSD 4.8
> installed.
>
> Ok, so, I know I need to edit a supfile and I have found
> all the examples. But it seems to me that it is advisable to
> put my own edited supfile in a particular directory.
> What is the best or more common practice?
> Maybe in the base directory: i.e., /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ ?
>
> Note that I will not be using the gui. I have not installed
> X windows (XFree86) as this is to be a server and I no
> intention of using any gui interface.
Hi, Curtis ...
As a courtesy to others who are maybe not running a GUI,
(perhaps reading via the CLI with mutt, etc.) it is a good
practice to wrap your mail lines at about 72-80 characters
in mail to the FreeBSD lists (AAMOF, probably good practice
for all mail..)
I can't say what's common, nor best, but I'd think the answer
is "wherever works for you." Probably your $HOME, so the
command would be (assuming your in your $HOME):
%cvsup stable-supfile
In my case, I put it at / --- since I have to be root or use sudo anyway,
the command is then:
%cvsup /stable-supfile
Works for me. One thing you want to watch out for;
periodically categories in the ports tree are added,
changed, or removed, so you usually need to have
a current copy of the ports-supfile in whatever location you
choose....
HTH,
Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.
But whatever works for you would be fine.
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