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From: Vasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org>
To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>
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Subject: Re: best practices for private ports?
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On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 12:34:22PM -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:24:48 -0600, Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> wrote:
>=20
> >I have a few meta-ports I use to configure my base systems.  eg, I have =
=20
> >a "kci-dbserver" port that just has runtime requirements for postgres, =
=20
> >slony, mysql, and nullmailer.
> >
> >Right now I made a subdirectory in ports called local to put them in, =
=20
> >but portsnap likes to delete it regularly :-(  These are very specific =
=20
> >to my server configurations so don't really make sense for inclusion in =
=20
> >the main ports tree.
> >
> >What is the preferred location/mechanism for having local ports?  =20
> >Ideally I'd like it to integrate with portupgrade which looks only in =
=20
> >/usr/ports/* for the port files.
>=20
> Use CVSup instead portsnap or copy marcusmerge.sh[1] with some tweak or =
=20
> write your own script something similar to marcusmerge.sh that fit your =
=20
> need. That's all I can think of.
>=20
> [1] http://www.marcuscom.com:8080/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/portstools/
>=20
> Cheers,
> Mezz
>=20
>=20
Or create a script that calls portsnap and then restores your "local"
ports automatically, something like
cp -r /usr/ports-local/category/port /usr/ports/category/

Btw, have you tried playing with /usr/ports/.cvsignore?

Good luck!

--=20
Vasil Dimov

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