Date: 11 Jul 1999 23:07:40 -0500 From: Don Croyle <croyle@gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> To: lomion@anais-nin.org Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/12601: using cvsup to update only ports removes all makefiles in /usr/ports directories Message-ID: <86pv1y7boz.fsf@emerson.gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> In-Reply-To: lomion@anais-nin.org's message of "Sun, 11 Jul 1999 20:37:16 -0700 (PDT)" References: <19990712033716.064DC14CFC@hub.freebsd.org>
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lomion@anais-nin.org writes: > >Description: > When using cvsup to update just the ports, the makefiles present in > the /usr/ports tree are all deleted. > The only way to restore them is to reinstall the distribution. > This happens on the following cvsup server i have tested: > cvsup1.freebsd.org, cvsup2.freebsd.org, cvsup5.freebsd.org This almost certainly happens because your default tag isn't '.' and it's being carried over to the ports. Try putting tag=. after ports-all (and doc-all, if you cvsup it). -- I've always wanted to be a dilettante, but I've never quite been ready to make the commitment. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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