Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:43:25 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cvsup Message-ID: <3FE338BD.209@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCEDEFBAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCEDEFBAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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fbsd_user wrote: >When I use cvsup to download the ports config files, it does not >display the directory path it's using on the server. >How can I find the directory path? Or can somebody tell me what it >is. > >The port names retrieved from here >http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html do not match the real port >name I find on my system. Want is the real directory path so I can >use my browser to ftp in and drill down to find real names. > >Can anybody help me? > > > Cvsup downloads the equivalent of ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ports.tar.gz However, the CGI index (http page you refer to) shows pretty much the exact same ports tree I have at /usr/ports... So, what's the discrepancy? Plus, what's wrong with the standard tools? #whereis foobar /usr/ports/misc/foobar OR #cd /usr/ports #make search key=foo KDK
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