From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 26 17: 3:51 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 40B3437B400 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:03:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8857143EDC for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:03:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6R03Wk3025841; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:03:32 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g6R03WnI025840; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:03:32 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:03:32 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Michelle Weeks Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: synchronizing ports Message-ID: <20020727000332.GB25762@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i 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 On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 04:46:57PM -0700, Michelle Weeks wrote: > i am new to freebsd and am trying to synchronize the ports on our > freebsd 4.5 server using cvsup. the directions i have state to comment > out the lines beginning with src - in the /etc/cvsupfile which i did. i > then tried to run: > > /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/cvsupfile > > and received the output that the cvsupfile is empty? i'm not sure what > i'm doing wrong. here is my /etc/cvsupfile: > > *default host=cvsup10.FreeBSD.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs > *default tag=. > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > #src-all Here's your problem. You've commented out the collection to get. Hence the warning that the file is empty. If you uncomment this line, you'll get -current. > *default tag=. If you want -stable (ie the 4.x series), your file should read: *default host=cvsup10.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs *default delete use-rel-suffix *default tag=RELENG_4 src-all Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive." - Ferris Bueller To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message