Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:31:52 +0200 (CEST) From: James Tapping <james@fr.clara.net> To: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup questions. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104111523570.22511-100000@munster.noc.fr.clara.net> In-Reply-To: <006601c0c286$f4cdad20$0508a8c0@lofi.dyndns.org>
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Firstly, Thanks very much for your help. I rather daftly constructed my supfile from the stable-supfile :-) Could you possible send me yours? > If your ports-collection update was succesfull, you will > also notice that in the latest ports-collection, the proftpd port is > of version 1.2.2rc1. I'm not there yet but, will I have to do a make deinstall && make reinstall for the version to change? > Copy over 'ports-supfile' from there, modify the *default host line to > your nearest mirror and it should work fine. At least, it did for me > yesterday. :) I am in the middle of doing it :-) Cheers On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Tapping" <james@fr.clara.net> > To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 1:27 PM > Subject: CVSup questions. > > > Hello > > > > I have a few problems understanging what CVSup actually does for me > > despite reading the handbook and everything else I could find :-) > > > > I am using a FreeBSD 4.2 release and I have managed to compile a > > kernel. > > > > I have used the following supfile. > > > > [...] > > > > Done: cvsup supfile > > > > This downloaded loaded loads of files, and deleted a lot more in > > /usr/ports. > > > > Leaving me with no ports. I had to do /stand/sysinstall to get them > > back. > > > > Another thing that I don't get is that, for example with proftp, the > > current version seems to be the 1.2.2, but I have the 1.2.0. > > > > [...] > > It left you with no ports? That's strange, indeed, especially since > your supfile looks quite correct. But you might want to try this: You > should have quite a few example supfiles in /usr/share/examples/cvsup. > Copy over 'ports-supfile' from there, modify the *default host line to > your nearest mirror and it should work fine. At least, it did for me > yesterday. :) If your ports-collection update was succesfull, you will > also notice that in the latest ports-collection, the proftpd port is > of version 1.2.2rc1. > > If you want to upgrade your whole source tree (in order to upgrade > your FreeBSD to the latest STABLE or CURRENT version), use the > stable-supfile (for the STABLE branch) or the standard-supfile (for > the (experimental) CURRENT branch) which also can be found in > /usr/share/examples/cvsup. Make sure to read /usr/src/UPDATING after > you cvsup'd everything and before starting the actual upgrade - it > contains some revision history/changes and (if you scroll down a bit) > step-by-step instructions how to upgrade. > > > Greetings and good luck, > > Michael Nottebrock > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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