Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 23:27:55 +0100 (MET) From: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> To: Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net> Cc: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvsup ports-all question Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9911172322390.22038-100000@sun33> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.05.9911171504250.8670-100000@earth.wnm.net>
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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
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