Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:34:00 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Ariel Burbaickij' <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: cvsup ports-all question Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D8C@site2s1>
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How are you making the determination that you don't have the newer ports. E.g. KDE, TCL, etc...? Knowing this may help us determine what the actual issue is instead of side-steping around it. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Ariel Burbaickij [SMTP:Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de] > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 5:28 PM > To: Alex Charalabidis > Cc: Ariel Burbaickij; FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Re: cvsup ports-all question > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Alex Charalabidis wrote: > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > > > > > > I would regularly DL the tarball of all ports and untar it into the > > > > /usr/ports directory. It should be up to date. But the cvsup > ports-all > > > > should be doing this automatically for every category. > > > What does DL stand for? > > > Regards > > > > DL stands for "download". You don't want to do it this way because stale > > directories and patches will not be deleted, causing any number of > > problems. If you do download the tarball, you want to wipe /usr/ports > > first, maybe keeping only the distfiles you expect to need, and only > then > > unpack the new one. > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > > > > > > > > >How can I cvsup ports-all so that I have new entries after it?(e.g. > kde > > > > >Tck and so on). As you might guess from the question I tried to do > it and > > > > >had no luck(special notice to Mr Lehey Yes I know it is not a > question > > > > >of luck buto of knowledge I lack :) )The somehow mysterious on it > > > > >I got some new entries (irc ftp java) and some of them not.Any > > > > >suggestions? > > > > I don't quite get the question... cvsup'ing ports-all should leave you > > with all that's new in the right place and all that's old gone (and if > > it's not there, there's no port for it...). No problem and don't worry, > be > > happy. > > > > -ac > I know what they should it was not so hard to guess :)) I even > did not get what should be here but rather the things I got > what I can send is the listing of my /usr/ports AFTER updating > my ports-supfile so that you can persude yourself. > As to actual timepoint I am missing in UPDATED tree kde Tcl > and some other new-comers. > As to the being happy I surely am but somehow miss the ports,though > just post the files and listings you would like to get from me. > PS > MY original system was 3.2-rel so it is clear to me what came > added later and what not > Best Regards > Ariel Burbaickij > > > > > -- > > ============================================================== > > Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 > > Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 > > WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 > > ============================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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