Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:58:41 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: port collection RELEASE6.2 lost after reinstall with CVSUP Message-ID: <20080107035841.GA44545@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080106202415.GA97410@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <000601c85065$94c24de0$0a01a8c0@680nr0j> <20080106200517.GA42384@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20080106202415.GA97410@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 09:24:15PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 08:05:17PM +0000, Frank Shute wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 02:10:59PM +0100, Walter Jansen wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > Upon reading chapters of the Handbook about the Ports collection > > > and CVSup, I wanted to CVSup the ports collection for the > > > RELEASE 6.2. Stupidly using the wrong tag (tag=.), I > > > erroneously but successfully installed the CURRENT version. I > > > could have used SYSINSTALL for the RELEASE 6.2 ports, but for > > > the sake of learning and training myself I did not. > > > > You used the right tag. There is only a current tag as you only have a > > current ports tree to be used for all releases ie 6.2,6.3 & 7.0 (The > > ports might work with older releases too). > > Wrong. The ports tree is not branched, but it is tagged and it does have > tags corresponding to each FreeBSD release. So if it's not branched but tagged, what's the difference between the ports tree I get if I use RELENG_4_8 compared to RELENG_7_0 as tags in my ports supfile? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Problem: > > > > > > - I ran CVSup again with the correct tag but though everything > > > in the process looked normal, the map usr/ports remains empty > > > and nor with whereis nor with pkg_xxx any information about > > > ports can be found. > > > > You ran cvsup again with the wrong tag. > > > > > > > > Questions: > > > > > > - What did I do wrong in the process?. > > > > Used the wrong tag second time around. > > > > > > > > - Is cvsup for installation of RELEASE 6.2 ports collection a bad idea > > > anyway (technically) ? > > > > No. Although there is no 6.2 ports collection, just CURRENT. > > Of course there is a 6.2 ports collection. What else would you call the > ports tree shipped with FreeBSD 6.2? A snapshot of the ports tree when the release was made. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Proces: > > > > > > - I use the recently installed cvsup-without-gui, installed from ports > > > > Use csup(1) it's identical to cvsup but no dependencies as it's in > > base & written in C. > > Not quite identical. There are a couple of features that cvsup(1) has, but > which csup(1) does not yet have. > To just check out a copy of the ports tree either should work fine though. Features that a newbie wouldn't use. It's also difficult to build cvsup when you don't necessarily have a ports tree. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/contact.html
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