From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 22 20:14:54 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 22 20:14:53 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from karon.dynas.se (karon.dynas.se [192.71.43.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 267F637B400 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:14:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 99420 invoked from network); 23 Dec 2000 04:14:50 -0000 Received: from spirit.sto.dynas.se (HELO spirit.dynas.se) (172.16.1.10) by karon.sto.dynas.se with SMTP; 23 Dec 2000 04:14:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 11198 invoked from network); 23 Dec 2000 04:14:49 -0000 Received: from explorer.rsa.com (10.81.217.59) by spirit.dynas.se with SMTP; 23 Dec 2000 04:14:49 -0000 Received: (from mikko@localhost) by explorer.rsa.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBN4Ej103954; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:14:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mikko) Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:14:45 -0800 (PST) From: Mikko Tyolajarvi Message-Id: <200012230414.eBN4Ej103954@explorer.rsa.com> To: freebsd@omni.dp.ua Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is /Attic and *,v files used by CVSup Newsgroups: local.freebsd.questions References: <5428657622.20001222175840@freebsd.org> X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.6 (NOV) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In local.freebsd.questions you write: > Question is in subject. I've got a huge (about 200M) files in my > /ports directory in every port's dir. What is it??? Umm... you've checked out the repository, i.e. the entire revision history since the dawn of time, or thereabouts. Probably the result of a missing "tag=." on the "release" line in your supfile. cd /usr/ports/examples/cvsup. Read the README file. To get the ports tree, use "ports-supfile". $.02, /Mikko -- Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com RSA Security To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message