Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:57:42 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS-UP] Announcing the end of port CVS Message-ID: <44d31v3ty1.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1tTdhpDx9QARmaiQ58buB0mJADDqWdF7QCenL6OHQEAFQ@mail.gmail.com> (Kevin Oberman's message of "Sat, 8 Sep 2012 22:15:04 -0700") References: <CAN6yY1vFadjHcrmRirYe-R0TgO6dbA1MWqU6MrDF5b8bNP1FzQ@mail.gmail.com> <1347145713.16545.YahooMailClassic@web111312.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <CAN6yY1tTdhpDx9QARmaiQ58buB0mJADDqWdF7QCenL6OHQEAFQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> writes: > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Jeffrey Bouquet > <jeffreybouquet@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I searched quite a bit upon this announcement to find csup > svn equivalent guides and found little applying to ports... >> hopefully they will appear prior to the changeover?, something >> easily learned? > > Good point. I found the handbook information adequate, but not as easy > to follow as it might be. > Guess I'll write one. It's really quite easy and much faster then csup. > > 1. Install devel/subversion > 2. Select US east coast or US west as your server. Pick at random or > pick the one closer to you. > 3. Rename (mv) ports/distfiles and ports/packages out of /usr/ports > 4. rm -r /usr/ports/* > 5. svn co http://svn0.us-west.freebsd.org/ports/head /usr/ports > OR > svn co http://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/ports/head /usr/ports > Ports will now be checked out of the repository and written to /usr/ports > 6. make -f /usr/ports/Makefile fetchindex > 7. Move ports/distfiles and ports/packages back into /usr/ports. Since > these directories are not in the repository, they will be ignored by > updates. > 7. Update ports as needed with 'svn up /usr/ports' and 'make -f > /usr/ports/Makefile fetchindex' > This step does the equivalent of csup. > 8. Use the Subversion manual from http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ to > learn how to other things with svn. Of particular interest is 'svn > info /usr/ports and setting up the .subversion file to do things like > ignore some directories. > If you add private ports to /usr/ports, they will be ignored by svn as > they don't exist in the repository. > > If anyone has suggestions on other things that belong in this list, > please let me know. I submitted some changes for the Handbook, but they really only covered the things that I thought were now Wrong. Your descriptions are certainly of higher quality.
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