Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 11:25:31 -0700 (PDT) From: John DeStefano <deesto@yahoo.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports-supfile file problem Message-ID: <20030808182531.83154.qmail@web40609.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <448yq4aviv.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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--- Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> wrote: > John DeStefano <deesto@yahoo.com> writes: > > > I'm trying to update my ports tree to address some possible > solutions > > posted here to another problem. The command I'm running is: > > # cvsup -g -L 2 /usr/local/etc/cvsup/sup/ports-supfile > > > > Here's the result: > > Parsing supfile "/usr/local/etc/cvsup/sup/ports-supfile" > > Release not specified for collection "host=ftp3.FreeBSD.org" > > > > And here's the relevent portion of the file: > > > > *default host=ftp3.FreeBSD.org > > *default base=/usr > > *default prefix=/usr > > *default release=cvs tag=. > > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > > > I've also tried simply "cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile" and "cvsup > > ports-supfile", which both return the same error. > > I assume this is in relation to the line "*default release=cvs > tag=.", > > but I'm following the handbook and the sample file by leaving > "tag=.". > > I also tried changing "." to the correct cvs tag (RELENG_5_0) and > got > > the same results. > > What am I doing wrong? > > You need a collection name in the file. Meaning, "ports-all", or un-commenting a selection of port types? I've got that. I included above only the portion of the file I thought was relevent to the 'release' problem I'm having. Thanks, John __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
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