Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:25:53 +0800 (WST) From: Peter Caffin <peter@cricket.paradox.net.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: refuse files Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9912171620430.19018-100000@cricket.paradox.net.au> In-Reply-To: <19991217072604.B322@marder-1>
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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 12:04:36AM +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > > > My first thought was to go to polstra.com, and that's what i did, but the > > site is down. Is there a basic syntax for cvsup refuse files? > > > > This is a reply I got from John Polstra to virtually the same > question. The key point is 'relative to the "prefix" setting in your > supfile': > > > Aha, try this instead: > > > > doc/es* doc/ja* doc/ru* doc/zh* > > > > The patterns are relative to the "prefix" setting in your supfile, > > which for example is "/usr" in the "doc-supfile" example. So relative > > to "/usr", the files you want to reject are in "doc/es*", etc. Is there are list of files in the archive somewhere? Ideally, I'd love to update only the programs I've got currently installed, but, I'm concerned that I'll probably forget a large class of programs and end up downloading and compiling way too much. The machines I want to update don't have oodles of space, so this is a concern. Thanks for any comments. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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