From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 7 03:58:52 2008 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 4020B16A419 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:58:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1B3413C478 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:58:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JBj8R-0002hl-9I; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:58:47 +0000 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id m073wkwL019639; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:58:46 GMT Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 078A2FCABDF; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:58:41 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:58:41 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20080107035841.GA44545@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <000601c85065$94c24de0$0a01a8c0@680nr0j> <20080106200517.GA42384@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20080106202415.GA97410@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080106202415.GA97410@owl.midgard.homeip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-RC1 i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:58:46 +0000 (GMT) Cc: Subject: Re: port collection RELEASE6.2 lost after reinstall with CVSUP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:58:52 -0000 On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 09:24:15PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 08:05:17PM +0000, Frank Shute wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 02:10:59PM +0100, Walter Jansen wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > Upon reading chapters of the Handbook about the Ports collection > > > and CVSup, I wanted to CVSup the ports collection for the > > > RELEASE 6.2. Stupidly using the wrong tag (tag=.), I > > > erroneously but successfully installed the CURRENT version. I > > > could have used SYSINSTALL for the RELEASE 6.2 ports, but for > > > the sake of learning and training myself I did not. > > > > You used the right tag. There is only a current tag as you only have a > > current ports tree to be used for all releases ie 6.2,6.3 & 7.0 (The > > ports might work with older releases too). > > Wrong. The ports tree is not branched, but it is tagged and it does have > tags corresponding to each FreeBSD release. So if it's not branched but tagged, what's the difference between the ports tree I get if I use RELENG_4_8 compared to RELENG_7_0 as tags in my ports supfile? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Problem: > > > > > > - I ran CVSup again with the correct tag but though everything > > > in the process looked normal, the map usr/ports remains empty > > > and nor with whereis nor with pkg_xxx any information about > > > ports can be found. > > > > You ran cvsup again with the wrong tag. > > > > > > > > Questions: > > > > > > - What did I do wrong in the process?. > > > > Used the wrong tag second time around. > > > > > > > > - Is cvsup for installation of RELEASE 6.2 ports collection a bad idea > > > anyway (technically) ? > > > > No. Although there is no 6.2 ports collection, just CURRENT. > > Of course there is a 6.2 ports collection. What else would you call the > ports tree shipped with FreeBSD 6.2? A snapshot of the ports tree when the release was made. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Proces: > > > > > > - I use the recently installed cvsup-without-gui, installed from ports > > > > Use csup(1) it's identical to cvsup but no dependencies as it's in > > base & written in C. > > Not quite identical. There are a couple of features that cvsup(1) has, but > which csup(1) does not yet have. > To just check out a copy of the ports tree either should work fine though. Features that a newbie wouldn't use. It's also difficult to build cvsup when you don't necessarily have a ports tree. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/contact.html