Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 10:20:18 -0400 From: Byron Campbell <wa4geg@aim.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook, error, Chapter 4, 4.5 Using the Ports Collection Message-ID: <7ab434e9-0f16-3f07-0208-39cb69c22af6@aim.com> In-Reply-To: <44bluwboch.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <a53b89ac-1bd6-6b44-b464-a0828cf31dff@aim.com> <44bluwboch.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On 2019-10-04 10:02, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Byron Campbell via freebsd-doc <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> writes: > >> Procedure 4.2. Subversion Method >> >> ?????? Check out a copy of the ports tree: >> >> ?????? # svn checkout https://svn.FreeBSD.org/ports/head /usr/ports >> >> To work the URL must be changed; drop the 'https' and use 'svn' >> instead. The correct command is thus: >> >> ?????? # svn checkout svn://svn.FreeBSD.org/ports/head /usr/ports > Why do you think https doesn't work? I would expect it to work at least > as reliably as svn. > When issuing the command: # svn checkout https://svn.FreeBSD.org/ports/head /usr/ports returns the following: svn: E170013: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'https://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head' svn: E000065: Error running context: No route to host The only way to get it to work on my FreeBSD-12 machine is to correct the URL, as per my original message. Maybe give it a try and see how it works for you.
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