From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 7 20:35:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37E3B16A4CE for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 20:35:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from seadragon.mweb.co.za (seadragon.mweb.co.za [196.2.45.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C65D43D46 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 20:35:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jaco@coocoo.za.net) Received: by seadragon.mweb.co.za (Postfix, from userid 501) id 5C5AE63CBE; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 22:35:38 +0200 (SAST) Received: from firewall.symphiano (rdg-dial-196-30-237-163.mweb.co.za [196.30.237.163]) by seadragon.mweb.co.za (Postfix) with SMTP id B41D863CBE for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 22:35:11 +0200 (SAST) Received: (qmail 35771 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2004 20:29:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.53.102?) (192.168.53.102) by firewall.symphiano with SMTP; 7 Jul 2004 20:29:23 -0000 Message-ID: <40EC5E46.5010902@coocoo.za.net> Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 22:34:14 +0200 From: Jaco van Tonder Organization: Private User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (Windows/20040502) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20040707194921.16675.qmail@web12010.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040707194921.16675.qmail@web12010.mail.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on seadragon.mweb.co.za X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=7.5 tests=J_CHICKENPOX_73,RATWR10_MESSID X-Spam-Report: * 0.6 RATWR10_MESSID Message-ID has ratware pattern (HEXHEX.HEXHEX@) * 0.6 J_CHICKENPOX_73 BODY: 7alpha-pock-3alpha cc: Rick Berger Subject: Re: Can't cvsup ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jaco@coocoo.za.net List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 20:35:43 -0000 Rick Berger typed on a keyboard not too far away, on 7/7/2004 9:49 PM: >Hi, - > > Hi. >Trying to cvsup ports-base (as a start). I have no ports directory, >as of yet, so this should be a fresh cvs checkout. My supfile looks >like this: > >--------------------- ># ports supfile > >*default host=cvsup5.freebsd.org >*default base=/usr >*default prefix=/usr >*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_9 >*default delete use-rel-suffix > >ports-base >---------------------- > > Rather use this line: *default release=cvs tag=. instead of *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_9 All your ports will get deleted if you use the RELENG_4_9 tag as no such branch exist for ports. It is always recommended that you cvsup ports with the HEAD (.) tag as this will ensure that you have the latest and greatest ports including all the latest security fixes. >So, I execute cvsup with a '-g -L2' and it goes through the motions and seems >to think it checked out the collection. I look under /usr/sup and there's >directory 'ports-base', and there's a checkout file in there with a list of >stuff it thinks it checked out. > >But, there's no ports directory when it's done, or anything else. I've tried >different servers (14 and 15). I tried to "help it along" by creating a ports >directory, but that didn't matter. I've scoured the disk after it's done (`find >/ -d ports`) and nothing shows. I've tried several iterations, removing the >/usr/sup/ports-base directory each time (so it presumably starts from scratch.) > Same non-result. > >Note that cvsup seems to work fine with src-all/docs-all. I also tried >ports-all - no go. > >Any idea what's up? > > The sky? ;) Hope this helps. ---Jaco >Any info appreciated, >rickb > >===== >A mind is not a vessel to be filled, >it is a fire to be ignited. > -- Plutarch >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- Jaco van Tonder Software Developer Direct: +27 11 312 2122 :: Fax: +27 11 312 2122 :: Mobile: +27 83 417 5424 Email: jaco@coocoo.za.net :: Web: http://www.coocoo.za.net/ Real Software Engineers don't debug programs; they verify correctness. This process doesn't necessarily involve execution of anything on a computer, except perhaps a Correctness Verification Aid package.