From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 31 17:50:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3203816A421 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:50:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hg@queue.to) Received: from pickle.queue.to (pickle.queue.to [71.180.69.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA9E713C47E for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:50:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hg@queue.to) Received: (qmail 36425 invoked from network); 31 Aug 2007 13:50:19 -0400 Received: from cally.queue.to (172.16.0.6) by pickle.queue.to with ESMTP; 31 Aug 2007 13:50:19 -0400 Message-ID: <46D854DB.6080505@queue.to> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:50:19 -0400 From: Howard Goldstein User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070802) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris Kennaway References: <46D81EB4.3060902@queue.to> <46D846F2.5040000@otenet.gr> <46D84C86.8010207@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <46D84C86.8010207@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to retrieve a directory tree from perforce.freebsd.org? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:50:34 -0000 Kris Kennaway wrote: > Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> Howard Goldstein wrote: >>> As the subject says, is there a straightforward way to retrieve a >>> directory tree from perforce.freebsd.org? Clicking individual files in >>> the web interface is really tedious. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>> >> It seems the required software for accessing perforce repositories is >> available in ports: >> >> /usr/ports/devel/perforce >> >> I haven't tried it myself though. I don't even know if >> perforce.freebsd.org allows anonymous access. You can however read some >> details on it here: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/p4-primer/index.html >> >> If you do try, it please send a follow up post with results. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > No, it doesn't allow anonymous access (this isn't feasible due to the > way perforce works, i.e. maintaining all client state on the server). > I dont know of a way to extract a general perforce tree, although a > few of them (like trustedbsd) are exported via cvsup on I think > cvsup9. I think you will have to ask whoever's branch you are looking > at for a copy of it. > Dang. Like an idiot savant, perforce appears to be (channeling Yoda I am?) Time for a script to workaround perforce's needlessly overcomplex stupidity. Thanks for letting me know I'm beating my head against the wall with the out-of-box tools...binary only at that.