Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
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>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?86pv1y7boz.fsf>