From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 5 16:50:00 2004 Return-Path: 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 2E99816A4CF for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:50:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B28843D6A for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:49:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from panix.com (brillig.panix.com [166.84.1.76]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B30F6487D6 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:49:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from teddy.fas.com (pcp01010374pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net [68.58.176.69]) by panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 892CE2AA48 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:49:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AouBh-0002Zr-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 19:49:41 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:49:41 -0500 From: stan To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040206004941.GA9813@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <00be01c3eb35$8b4a6b10$7764a8c0@ITDept> <200402040848.06080.kstewart@owt.com> <20040204203143.GA22819@teddy.fas.com> <1076027819.471.141.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1076027819.471.141.camel@localhost> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 19:48:11 up 32 days, 6:51, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.12, 0.09 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Subject: Re: Where can I find a list of the cvsup tags for ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 00:50:00 -0000 On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 06:36:59PM -0600, Frank Knobbe wrote: > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 14:31, stan wrote: > > I have a system that I have removed all teh non English language port > > directories, and I run a cvsup _with_ a refuse file for these. Then I did a > > portdb -Uu. This resulted in a fair number of complaints, but when I ran > > portupgrade -aRr it hapilly took of running. > > > > Granted this sytem only has 19 ports installed. But it seems to work. Am I > > missing somehting hrere? > > Nope. I've been doing that too. I have non-english and unused ports > commented out in my ports-supfile (ports-all commented out and > individual ports are in), and also listed non-language ports in refuse. > portupgrade runs fine. portdb complaints with a ton of error messages > about dependencies missing etc, but all is well. > > The only gotcha I encountered is when new ports branches are added (i.e. > port-dns). Since I list specific ports in my supfile, new ports are not > caught automatically, which means the supfile needs occasional > maintenance. That's about it. And you're right, it's a space saver on > small drives :) Thanks for the confirmation that it works on a more fully populated machine. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin