Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 18:40:48 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> Cc: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how noe Brown Ports! Message-ID: <20001014184048.B40211@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010142024060.7091-100000@peloton.runet.edu>; from brett@peloton.runet.edu on Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 08:31:02PM -0400 References: <20001014145009.C97358@peitho.fxp.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010142024060.7091-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
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On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 08:31:02PM -0400, Brett Taylor wrote: > Hi > > On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Chris Faulhaber wrote: > > > Do what it says. Update bsd.port.mk (use ports-all or ports-base in > > your supfile). > > This does NOT necessarily work - I cvsup ports-all and I was bit by the > same thing. I know in CVS you can use the -P switch to kill the empty > directories, but is there an equivalent switch or way to do this w/ CVSup? > It sure isn't the -P switch which controls TCP connections. > > Barring that a simple: > > cd /usr/ports && rm -rf */*/patches/ && rm -rf */*/pkg/ > > will take care of things. > Hm, I remember that line from one of your earlier posts, Brett. I just wasn't aware of the context.... Myself, being more than a bit paranoid, would opt for find /usr/port <&c> commands... , then re-cvsup'ing just-in-case the find -exec /bin/rm -rf blew away something incorrectly. ( I do believe in daemons, you know :) Suggest to avoid fellow stragglers from similar head-scratching, we might want to post a Heads-Up to -questions; plus -stable. gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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