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From: KAYVEN  RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu>
To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>
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FreeBSD
kayve# uname -v
FreeBSD 5.4-RC3 #0: Sun Apr 17 09:23:46 UTC 2005 
root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
kayve#

On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Scot Hetzel wrote:

> On 9/6/06, KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> my ports directory is gone.  how'd that happen?
>> 
> What were you doing before it disapeared?
>
> There are several ways to make /usr/ports disapear:
>
> 1. rm -rf /usr/ports/*
> 2. cvs update -R RELENG_6
> 3. cvsup with an branch tag in the supfile for ports.
>
> Problem 2 & 3 are similar, as the ports tree is not branched.  This
> causes cvs or cvsup to delete the ports since there is no branch with
> that tag (i.e. RELENG_6).  Instead you need to specify a release tag
> (i.e. RELEASE_6_1_0) or no tag (gets you the latest ports changes).
>
> If your using cvsup, post your supfile and someone will help you fix it.
>
> Scot
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