From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 10 14: 0:25 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 5E23137B400 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 14:00:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aragorn.neomedia.it (aragorn.neomedia.it [195.103.207.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F1B943E6E for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 14:00:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bartequi@neomedia.it) Received: from localhost (aragorn.neomedia.it [195.120.250.6] (may be forged)) by aragorn.neomedia.it (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g7AL0GkQ020280; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 23:00:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 213.144.203.134 ([213.144.203.134]) by webmail.neomedia.it (IMP) with HTTP for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 23:00:16 +0200 Message-ID: <1029013216.3d557ee0049a1@webmail.neomedia.it> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 23:00:16 +0200 From: Salvo Bartolotta To: Ian Moore Cc: bsd-questions Subject: Re: Question on CVSuping ports for first time on a system MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Any Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1.1-cvs X-WebMail-Company: Neomedia X-Originating-IP: 213.144.203.134 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 Ian Moore wrote: [...] > Thanks for replying Salvo. > So, in order to avoid possible problems, I ought to delete my ports tree & > reinstall form the CD, delete the cvsup file I now have and then run CVSup > again, using a modified cvsup file like: > *default tag=. > *date=2002.06.11.09.02.00 > *default host=cvsup.au.FreeBSD.org > *default prefix=/usr > *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup > *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress > ports-all > > Does that sound right? Hello Ian, If I understand correctly what you have done, I think you are _already_ all right. :-O The first sync operation serves a specific purpose: i.e. to let cvsup create a checkouts file reflecting the status of your sources (e.g. the ports tree, as of the shipping date), so that cvsup will be able to perform _subsequent_ updates in the most efficient and correct way -- in particular, there will be no stale files. To inspect your sources for consistency, you can also use the python script (detailed instructions in the article). Your current situation (as I understand it) looks all right: after deleting the ports tree by accident, you cvsup'ed it again -- this time _from scratch_. Thus there can be no stale files and no problems whatsoever. Needless to say, this isn't exactly the recommended method. :-) Regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message