Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:43:21 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Subject: Re: Querying a cvsup server Message-ID: <20120206174321.63336593@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202061403320.79818@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202052110260.72251@wonkity.com> <4462fjeosv.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202061403320.79818@wonkity.com>
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On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:53:58 -0700 (MST)
Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Feb 2012, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>
> > Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> writes:
> >
> >> Is there a way to query one of the FreeBSD cvsup mirrors, something
> >> like 'svn list -v svn:...' (only with cvs or csup)? I'm looking to
> >> find the revision or date of a file.
> >
> > Anonymous CVS is probably the best approach for you.
> > It's covered in the Handbook.
>
> The goal is to check arbitrary files on FreeBSD cvsup servers to see
> if they are up to date. AFAIK, there are only a couple of anoncvs
> servers and the normal cvsupN.freebsd.org servers don't do that.
This is one of the reasons I maintain a local copy of the CVS repo
which I keep up-to-date via csup. Comes in quite handy at times.
In fact, the CVS repo is the *only* thing I update directly via csup.
I then do all my /usr/{doc,ports,src} updates from the local repo.
Great for creating patches for submission, too.
HTH
--
Conrad J. Sabatier
conrads@cox.net
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