From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 20 22:33: 1 2002 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 3C75537B400; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 22:32:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gbronline.com (mail.gbronline.com [12.145.226.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90C6D43E31; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 22:32:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from daleco [12.145.226.208] by mail.gbronline.com (SMTPD32-7.11) id A75F5EF500A8; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 00:32:15 -0500 Message-ID: <01c201c23077$f151b320$d0e2910c@fbccarthage.com> From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." To: , , Cc: "Scott Robbins" References: <20020720153249.59E7A183A0@Gavin2.homelan.org> Subject: Re: Problem with cvsup cvs-supfile command Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 00:32:01 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sorry if you been blitzed with replies, nothing's shown up on -??'s...... Basically, cvs-supfile is the wrong file to use. I believe "cvs-supfile" is a VERY generic supfile with which you can use cvsup to grab any collection of cvs material from anywhere... IOW, you could update your stash of the Net/OpenBSD tree with it, or anybody else that uses cvs to keep a directory tree up to date. You must specify what you want grabbed....there's no release called "" on cvsup.jp.FreeBSD.org... Since you want to update *FreeBSD*, you'll need to use: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4 (for stable) RELENG_4_6 (for 4.6 REL patched) As you can see, a good bit of information is "not specified." Take a look at the other files (standard-supfile, stable-supfile) *if* you have them (it does appear you have a rather stripped-down system). Personally, I use "/usr" instead of "/home/ncvs." If you don't, I *think* that you'd have to copy everything to /usr anyway after cvsup is finished. I'm not sure why that's there, I can't build from that location. It does, however, keep me committed to using new source code instead of old :-) KDK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gavin" To: ; Cc: "Scott Robbins" Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 10:32 AM Subject: Problem with cvsup cvs-supfile command > Dear Newbies and Newbets, > > I'm trying to update my 4.5 system via cvsup. each time I enter the command > "cvsup cvs-supfile" I get the message at the bottom of the PINK BOX "Release > not specified for collection "default" Here is what I changed in the > cvs-supfile. > > > Main Source Tree. > > src-all changed #src-all > src -base uncommented > src -kerberos5 > src -kerberosIV > all other src files have # in front of them. > > As for the ports collection. > #ports-all > all ports are # out except > ports -base > ports -editors > ports -ftp > ports -irc > ports -japanese > ports -java > ports -net > ports -security > ports -shells > and a few others > > > as for default host=cvsup.jp.FreeBSD.org > default base=/usr > default prefix=/home/ncvs > default release=cvs > default delete use-rel-suffix > > and as for my home directory there is no directory named ncvs, when I try to > create one I get the message "the templates file > /usr/local/share/templates/.source/emptydir" doesn't exist!" > > > all in all, how bad am I screwed! I've checked the manual and I see nothing > or (I missed it) about this type of problem... please NOTE that when I enter > the command cvsup ports-supfile or stable-supfile the systems starts to > fly...hmmmmm. Getting stressed by this!! I hate running an out of date > system.. > > I hope to hear from someone out there in BSD land soon. > > Sincerely with a Blessing > > Gavin > > Gavin's English School > Fukushimaken, Fukushima City > Nankodai 2-34-1 > T-960-8143 > fax 0245-22-3264 > phone 0245-21-6220 > e-mail gauin_36@d3.dion.ne.jp (school mail address) > Registered Linux user #199685 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message