Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 11:55:23 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: bsd-lists@hush.com Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: When will subversion be ready for updating/upgrading src && ports? Message-ID: <20130706115523.7c6140a9@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20130706033807.F008D600EF@smtp.hushmail.com> References: <mailman.0.1373079935.77642.freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> <20130706033807.F008D600EF@smtp.hushmail.com>
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Hi, On Fri, 05 Jul 2013 20:38:07 -0700 bsd-lists@hush.com wrote: > Greetings, > Well after posting a couple of questions to the list regarding > questions I had before migrating from (cv)sup to subversion, I took > the leap: > > mv /usr/src/ /usr/src.old/ > > mkdir /usr/src > > mv /usr/ports/ /usr/ports.old/ > > mkdir /usr/ports > > rm -fr /var/db/sup/* > rm -fr /var/db/portsnap/* > > svn checkout svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/8 /usr/src > > svn checkout svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head /usr/ports > > I then performed a portmaster -a > > which left me with a non-working X desktop. > Turned out to be a problem with the Nvidia driver -- was 2.9.40, now > 3.10.14. But loading it in loader.conf didn't create /dev/nvidia0, > or /dev/nvidiactl To make a long story short, I attempted to update > my src && ports, and try agaiin; > > svn update svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head /usr/ports > FAILED! I don't have the exact output > So I tried: > cd /usr/ports > svn update > Which replied: > svn: E155036: Please see the 'svn upgrade' command > svn: E155036: The working copy at '/usr/ports' > is too old (format 29) to work with client version '1.8.0 > (r1490375)' (expects f ormat 31). You need to upgrade the working > copy first. you need a big pipe for svn. I also do not understand why a program is not able to handle a format change automatically. > > So I guess subversion isn't (yet) designed for this sort of stuff, > which leaves me with a useless box. :( What did I say a long time ago? It takes time to get this up but not a cut-off date. Erich > > Thank you for all your time, and consideration. > > --chris > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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