From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 22 10:47:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3B5837B423 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:47:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.255.98.151]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000822174739.QESG16423.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:47:39 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA01582; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:47:33 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:47:32 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Micke Josefsson Cc: Mark Hummel , BSD ListServ Subject: Re: Basic CVSUP question Message-ID: <20000822184732.A254@parish> References: <39A24CEC.D5ACF016@ispchannel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from mj@isy.liu.se on Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 12:12:55PM +0200 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 12:12:55PM +0200, Micke Josefsson wrote: > > On 22-Aug-00 Mark Hummel wrote: > > I've read the manual page and the handbook on CVS. It's way over my > > head, but I'm trying to push myself a bit here. > > > > I'd like to attempt a port upgrade via ftp and I understand I should use > > CVSup. Do I need a sup file or can I specify my intent directly from > > the command line? What exactly do I type to update only my > > 4.0-installed ports collection? BTW, is CVS the same command as > > CVSup...and after I CVSup the ports do I do a make world or build world? > > > > Thanks for keeping my head above the FSD water. > > > > Mark > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > Install cvsup from the ports. CVS is not the same as CVSup. You will probably be better installing the cvsup-bin port (/usr/ports/net/cvsup-bin) rather than the cvsup port (/usr/ports/net/cvsup) as it is written in Modula3 and the latter needs to build the Modula3 libs. The former is a binary port (effectively a package). [snip] > /Micke > ("closer" is closer in the bandwidth sense, not geometrical:) or geographical :) > > > ---------------------------------- > Michael Josefsson, MSEE > mj@isy.liu.se > > This message was sent by XFMail > running on FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE > ---------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message