From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 17 13:35:11 2003 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 0A9BC16A4B3 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:35:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05CE743FDF for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:35:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AAbJV-0004az-00 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:35:09 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AAbJU-0004ar-00 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:35:08 +0200 Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AAbJU-0006QH-00 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:35:08 +0200 From: Jesse Guardiani Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 16:35:07 -0400 Organization: WingNET Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <20031016165951.GH624@databias.co.za> <1066317025.5ank7lwxjf4s@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> <20031017172344.GA17910@databias.co.za> <20031017201948.C68EA75583@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 X-Mail-Copies-To: never Sender: news Subject: Re: Openoffice 1.1 + native java X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jesse@wingnet.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 20:35:11 -0000 Jud wrote: > On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:37:55 -0400, "Jesse Guardiani" > said: >> Jud wrote: > [snip] >> > If you cvsup the ports tree, you can choose to install from either >> > ports or packages. >> >> >> Do you run a cvsuped ports tree? I used to run one last year, and I could >> never install from a package because the ports tree was in a constant >> state >> of flux. > > I'm probably just being thick, but I'm not sure what cvsup-ing the ports > has to do with availability/installability of packages. What have you > read in the Handbook or elsewhere that gives you the impression one would > interfere with the other? Maybe we're both being thick. :) I install my packages via portupgrade -NP, which tends to rely on the port system, AFAIK. What do you use? /stand/sysinstall? >> What does your cvsup config file look like? > > It's just the ports-supfile copied from /usr/share/examples/cvsup. > >> How often do you run it? > > About once every week or two. I used to run mine every night via cron, and I could never get a package installed because one never existed on ftp.freebsd.org. I'm under the impression that packages are only built/provided for release versions of FreeBSD. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net