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Date:      Mon, 02 Dec 2002 21:07:42 -0600
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
To:        Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm>
Cc:        b1henning@hotmail.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: location for supfiles
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20021202210742.01201970@mail.sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <20021202220032.425a8273.judmarc@fastmail.fm>
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At 10:00 PM 12.2.2002 -0500, Jud wrote:
>On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 17:42:03 -0600
>"Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> wrote:
>
>> At 05:18 PM 12.2.2002 -0600, Brian Henning wrote:
>> >Hello,
>> >I  have been using cvsup for a while now. I typically put the
>> >ports-supfile and the other supfiles in /root. Is this a good place
>> >for it? where do most admins put these kind of files? any good ideas?
>> >
>> >thanks,
>> >brian
>> >
>> 
>> Usually in "/usr/src"
>
>Purely for the sake of personal convenience, in my home directory,
>because when I cvsup I usually login with the intent of doing so.  With
>the cvsup flags line in /etc/make.conf uncommented, it's a matter of
>login, su to root, then
>
># cvsup [supfile]
>
>Jud
>

Actually, I use a script and just type in the name of the script (as root
from anywhere at the prompt) and it find the "-supfile" in the built-in
path. So, there are lots of ways -- just a matter of personal preference as
long as it executes.

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net

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