Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 11:05:37 -0700 (PDT) From: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no /usr/ports Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0609061105320.9534@libra.sfsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0609061035p40734023h6a448512cdba56e3@mail.gmail.com> References: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0609061021530.9534@libra.sfsu.edu> <790a9fff0609061035p40734023h6a448512cdba56e3@mail.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 > -- > DISCLAIMER: > No electrons were mamed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised. >
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