Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:27:30 +0200
From:      Vasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: best practices for private ports?
Message-ID:  <20060307062730.GA99846@qlovarnika.bg.datamax>
In-Reply-To: <ABCE1745-84BF-4D5F-BE4C-0EB8CC7AE0DD@khera.org>
References:  <D61146D9-35C1-47BA-85C7-C954D930F832@khera.org> <op.s5stvko79aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20060306070600.GA70987@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> <ABCE1745-84BF-4D5F-BE4C-0EB8CC7AE0DD@khera.org>

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

--u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 09:50:55AM -0500, Vivek Khera wrote:
>=20
> On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:06 AM, Vasil Dimov wrote:
>=20
> >Or create a script that calls portsnap and then restores your "local"
> >ports automatically, something like
> >cp -r /usr/ports-local/category/port /usr/ports/category/
>=20
> I'm probably gonna have to do something like that...
>=20
> but is "local" the preferred category?  I have to manually force it =20
> on to VALID_CATEGORIES in my port.  i don't see a pre-defined =20
> location for local private ports.

I meant that you copy your port from some private directory to the
appropriate directory in /usr/ports like
cp -r /home/joe/myport /usr/ports/astro/

>=20
> >Btw, have you tried playing with /usr/ports/.cvsignore?
>=20
> Not sure what that will buy me.  What would be the goal of adding =20
> directories to it?

The goal is to prevent c[v]sup from deleting the directories you added
to .cvsignore

Good luck!

--=20
Vasil Dimov

--u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----

iD8DBQFEDSfSFw6SP/bBpCARAujrAJ9CW5rP/cy7Sy6hDg6TBYdkeyDhyACgouKv
Il/CznoNWmCATP8xtoYywug=
=ZjHO
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24--



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20060307062730.GA99846>