Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 18:24:16 -0600 From: The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> To: Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> Cc: Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>, Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne@heuristicsystems.com.au>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No update for a day on ports? Message-ID: <YGe1sEG75E3M249o@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <25d29e77-57a1-9562-6e24-0468c3a5e063@madpilot.net> References: <20210401082247.668e4394@zeta.dino.sk> <YGV0EvmP3Hkk5543@mail.bsd4all.net> <3b7de439-12a1-70a4-7aec-8b2a9fde38ba@heuristicsystems.com.au> <YGa/xOJ9IpqWe1Im@home.opsec.eu> <YGcfquiZ6Z9O9Lhr@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> <405a8bca-33e9-77ca-14d9-80761ac505cc@madpilot.net> <YGeJxftHiYncV8B2@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> <b40299a0-f8b6-e84a-f37c-5a972e55015f@madpilot.net> <YGeqQNkuI9dIljiH@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> <25d29e77-57a1-9562-6e24-0468c3a5e063@madpilot.net>
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On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 02:05:45AM +0200, Guido Falsi wrote: > On 03/04/21 01:35, The Doctor wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 12:35:57AM +0200, Guido Falsi wrote: > >> On 02/04/21 23:16, The Doctor via freebsd-ports wrote: > >>> On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 04:45:00PM +0200, Guido Falsi via freebsd-ports wrote: > >>>> On 02/04/21 15:44, The Doctor via freebsd-ports wrote: > >>>>> On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 08:55:00AM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > >>>>>> Hi! > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> As a minor aside, has anyone stated the reason why the user-base of base > >>>>>>> or ports are moving to git? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Yes: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> https://github.com/bsdimp/freebsd-git-docs/blob/main/git-why.md > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Then the question is : Moving forward, how do we update > >>>>> the ports? > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> The same questions keep being asked even if replied to multiple times. > >>>> > >>>> you can use git with the official git repo (once it will be available, > >>>> migration is still in progress), or reference a mirror on github or > >>>> gitlab. Some documentation about how to do this is available at [1]. > >>>> > >>>> If I understand correctly documentation will also be added to the > >>>> handbook once migration is done. > >>>> > >>>> Git is a little complicated but a lot of documentation is available on > >>>> the internet. search engines are you friends. > >>>> > >>>> If you only want to keep /usr/ports updated the easiest tool to achieve > >>>> that is gitup available in ports at net/gitup. > >>>> > >>>> I reiterate, migration is still in progress, the latest available > >>>> snapshot of the ports tree (at present read only) is via subversion. > >>>> once migration is done the official git repo and mirrors will be available. > >>>> > >>>> There isn't much more to be sail until the migration is done. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Git is ready, > >>> > >>> but I use pkg/portsnap . > >>> > >>> How does that affect us? > >> > >> AFAIK you can't use it anymore. Use gitup. It's almost a drop-in > >> replacement. > >> > > > > How do we use gitup in this scenario? > > What scenario? > > Please install gitup and read it's man page, it's straight forward. > > -- > Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> Results: gitup -v 1 ports # Host: github.com # Port: 443 # Repository: /freebsd/freebsd-ports.git # Target: /usr/ports gitup: get_commit_details: refs/heads/master doesn't exist in /freebsd/freebsd-ports.git: Invalid argument -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Yahweh, Queen & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism https://www.empire.kred/ROOTNK?t=94a1f39b If they can dehumanize the most innocent, they can dehumanize anyone. -unknown
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