From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 26 17:58:40 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 5891D16A41F for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 17:58:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jcw@highperformance.net) Received: from mx1.highperformance.net (ip30.gte215.dsl-acs2.sea.iinet.com [209.20.215.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FAE143D55 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 17:58:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jcw@highperformance.net) Received: from [192.168.1.16] (w16.stradamotorsports.com [192.168.1.16]) by mx1.highperformance.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jAQHvpbT005884; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:58:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcw@highperformance.net) Message-ID: <4388A223.3040107@highperformance.net> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:57:55 -0800 From: "Jason C. Wells" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: RacerX@makeworld.com References: <003001c5f2a4$773c0e30$59ab3a40@sleuth> <43889489.4010302@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <43889489.4010302@makeworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on s4.stradamotorsports.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, 'Efren Bravo' Subject: Re: CVSup doubts 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: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 17:58:40 -0000 Chris wrote: > I hate users looking for the shortcuts. Funny. I didn't see that at all in the original email. What I saw was a genuine misunderstanding. He was asking about using CVSUP to track ports on a one by one basis. What he didn't understand is that a person really wants to CVSUP the whole ports tree. It's a fair misunderstanding if one starts with an FTP-ish RPM-ish mindset. John Chen's answer was appropriate. To Efren I add the following. You may also want to read up on 'refuse' files as documented in the cvsup(1) man page. I don't recommend using them though. Later, Jason