Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 06:22:12 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Ian Moore <imoore@picknowl.com.au> Cc: bsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Question on CVSuping ports for first time on a system Message-ID: <3D53C204.9080305@owt.com> References: <200208092139.32856.imoore@picknowl.com.au>
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Ian Moore wrote: > Hi, > I've got a query about CVSuping the ports collection for the first time on a > system. According to > /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/cvsup-advanced/examples.html you > should use *default tag=<shipping-date-of-your-release> for the first CVSup > to create the ports checkouts file. > I used tag=2002.06.11.09.02.00 for 4.6-R, so my cvsup file looked like > *default tag=2002.06.11.09.02.00 > #*default tag=. > *default host=cvsup.au.FreeBSD.org > *default prefix=/usr > *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup > *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress > ports-all > > When I tried that, cvsup deleted all my ports. Obviously this is not right! > The example cvsup file in /usr/obj/examples and the Handbook don't mention > this at all, they just say use tag=. for the ports collection. > Using tag=. seems to work correctly. > > I'm just wondering, is that correct, or should I do something else the first > time? The ports don't follow a release. They follow current or "tag=.". If you want the ports for a date, you have to use the date option. There have also been a lot of fixes since 4.6 was released. Files available when 4.6 was released may no longer be available to download. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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