Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:34:46 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: Hideyuki KURASHINA <rushani@FreeBSD.org> Cc: hrs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /var/db is not specified as `base' for CVSup by default Message-ID: <20041027133446.GA80834@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20041027.220727.35708725.rushani@FreeBSD.org> References: <20041027.220727.35708725.rushani@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 10:07:27PM +0900, Hideyuki KURASHINA wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for changing `base' option of CVSup from /usr/local/etc/cvsup > to /var/db ([*]). I won't object your change, however, Atsushi-san found > following sentence (underlined) are wrong: > > Where should cvsup maintain its status files? > http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html#CVSUP-CONFIG-STATUS > > The CVSup client maintains certain status files in what is called > the ``base'' directory. These files help CVSup to work more efficiently, > by keeping track of which updates you have already received. We will > use the standard base directory, /var/db: > > *default base=/var/db > > This setting is used by default if it is not specified in the supfile, > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > so we actually do not need the above line. > ------------------------------------------ > > If your base directory does not already exist, now would be a good time > to create it. The cvsup client will refuse to run if the base directory > does not exist. > > As described in cvsup(1) manual page or suplib/src/SupMisc.i3 in CVSup dist, > default `base' is the /usr/local/etc/cvsup. > > May I commit a fix for this issue? (The patch is attached) > [...] Hiroki Sato (hrs@) and I got a recent talk about this problem, Hiroki should fix it soon. Marc
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