From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 14 01:24:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6781716A400 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:24:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2185B13C4A8 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:24:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l1E1MdPp056359; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:22:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l1E1MdQk056358; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:22:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:22:39 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Mark Jacobs Message-ID: <20070214012239.GB56231@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <1171410850.44408.5.camel@primary.jacobs.org> <20070214005449.GA56167@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <1171414811.44408.7.camel@primary.jacobs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1171414811.44408.7.camel@primary.jacobs.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall and packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:24:29 -0000 On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 08:00:11PM -0500, Mark Jacobs wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 19:54 -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 06:54:10PM -0500, Mark Jacobs wrote: > > > > > At work I run 6.2 stable and due to firewall problems I cannot download > > > packages or port sources using http. > > > ..... > > > Any hints? > > > > Well, I think you should be using CVSUP to update the system. > > Is there a reason you can't run that? > > In your cvsup control file, you tell it what version to track. > > > > *default tag=RELENG_6 > > or > > *default tag=RELENG_6_2 > > > > would be your tag. > > Like I said I have firewall problems at work. I can update my ports file > fine,but cannot download the source archives using http. I don't think it uses http. I think it uses ftp - even handles passive ftp which is needed for some firewall situations. I never looked closely. ////jerry > > When you install cvsup, it gives you a sample supfile. > > It needs very little change to make it work fine. > > You can put your supfile where you want. I put it in /etc > > and name it according to the version - eg '/etc/sulfile62' > > in this case. > > > > Below is my whole supfile > > It handles both the OS and the ports tree upgrade. > > > > ////jerry > > > > > > > > Mark Jacobs > > > > > > > > > > > # $FreeBSD: src/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile,v 1.23.4.2.2.1 2006/05/06 07:41:03 scottl Exp $ > > # > > # cvsup standard-supfile > > # > > # If not running X, or invoking cvsup from a non-interactive script, then > > # run it as follows: > > # > > # cvsup -g -L 2 standard-supfile > > # > > *default host=cvsup.FreeBSD.org > > *default base=/var/db > > *default prefix=/usr > > *default tag=RELENG_6_2 > > *default release=cvs > > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > > > *default compress > > > > ## Main Source Tree. > > # The easiest way to get the main source tree is to use the "src-all" > > # mega-collection. It includes all of the individual "src-*" collections. > > src-all > > > > ports-all tag=. > > > > doc-all tag=. > > > > >