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Date:      Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:00:35 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Andreas Ntaflos <ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvsup the ports?
Message-ID:  <20001027130035.H28123@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <39F9DBBC.11A47B2@gmx.net>; from ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net on Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 09:47:08PM %2B0200
References:  <39F9D9FC.A52696BE@gmx.net> <20001027124433.G28123@fw.wintelcom.net> <39F9DBBC.11A47B2@gmx.net>

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* Andreas Ntaflos <ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net> [001027 12:47] wrote:
> oh damn, i forgot to mention that
> of course i have *default tag=RELENG_4, but i didnt remeber the complete
> supfile ;)
> 
> sorry for that
> repeat: i have the *default tag=RELENG_4 entry.
> 
> sorry for that newbie-like error, but i am currnetly under windows and
> couldnt check out the supfile.

Well that's your problem, the docs warn you that ports has no tags
and specifying one that doesn't exist will hose you.  Change the
releng_4 into '.' for ports, but make sure to keep it for source:

src-all tag=RELENG_4

ports-add tag=.


> 
> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
> > * Andreas Ntaflos <ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net> [001027 12:40] wrote:
> > > hi, this may sound a bit weird but i seem to have a problem updating my
> > > ports via cvsup.
> > > the supfile contains nothing unusal:
> > >
> > > *default host=cvsup.at.freebsd.org
> > > *default base=/usr
> > > *default prefix=/usr
> > > *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress
> > > ports-all
> > >
> > > this way it is intended to get the new ports available, hm?
> > > but whichever server i try (cvsup.freebsd.org, cvsup.at.freebsd.org,
> > > cvsup.de.freebsd.org...), it doesnt do anything but deleting the
> > > contents of the various sub-dirs in /usr/ports, except the README.htmls
> > >
> > > this starts to become problem, as there is a new portsrtee layout
> > > according to UPDATING (getting src-all works fine btw) and the ports on
> > > 4.0 release are getting old...
> > >
> > > so does anyone know what is going on there? or what i may have done
> > > wrong?
> >
> > Where is your 'tag=.' entry?
> >
> > --
> > -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
> > "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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