Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 10:59:49 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Ariel Burbaickij' <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Last decisive examination Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105DA7@site2s1>
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Upgrading will suffice. But, if there is any question as to whether it IS updating or not, you can delete the whole ports tree, and then run the cvsup. This way you KNOW that you have the latest ports tree. (This way you wouldn't need to look at anyone else's /usr/ports). -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Ariel Burbaickij [SMTP:Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de] > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 8:47 AM > To: Giorgos Keramidas > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Last decisive examination > > > > On 20 Nov 1999, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> writes: > > > > > > > > What I dare to ask you about would anyone of you who he is > > > sure about his port tree being fresh and correct send > > > me his output of ls -al /usr/ports.Then I could compare > > > it directly with mine and so it is the last decisive > > > examination. > > > > You can get the very latest ports tree by simply removing /usr/ports and > > > running cvsup on a proper supfile. Look for this supfile in the same > > place where you'll get your ports, to your ultra-fast local FreeBSD > > mirror site ;-) > What is the reson about being so brutal and REMOVING the hole /usr/ports > will the UPGRADING not suffice? > > -- > > Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> > > "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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