Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:23:09 -0500 From: Christopher Sean Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> To: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using svn to checkout a deprecated port. Message-ID: <20130219042309.GA7901@naboo.example.com> In-Reply-To: <5122D19F.2040804@ShaneWare.Biz> References: <20130218192335.GA7566@naboo.example.com> <5122D19F.2040804@ShaneWare.Biz>
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:43:03AM +1030, Shane Ambler wrote: > On 19/02/2013 05:53, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I need to use svn to checkout the old "security/cfs" port so I can > > do a one-time transfer of some data off of a USB drive. At the end of > > the day, I just need the one port so if the cvs repository is > > available I could also get it that way. In either case, I'm trying to > > do the equivalent of: > > > > $ cvs co -r '2011/10/01' $FreeBSDportsRepo security/cvs > > > > in English, I want to checkout security/cvs from ports as it existed > > on October 1st, 2011 (the port was deprecated on November 1st 2011. > > > > It appears that checking out a deleted path doesn't work even if you > specify a rev that it exists in. But checking out the parent works. > I'd check it out to another dir then copy the specific files over. > > svn co -r 282000 svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head/security/ > > You can change the svn.freebsd.org to svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org or > svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org > > For reference I went to http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports and clicked the > revision number at the top (above the sticky revision box) then tried# > jumping to a few different rev numbers till I got close to a commit date > just before 2011/10/01. Once you have the rev you want you can go back > up to ports (link at top of page) and enter a sticky revision. Then you > can go to security/cfs and view the files. > Thanks for the quick answers everyone, the trick seems to be three steps: # prime the tree with a guess as to the revision that you need. svn co -r <something> --depth immediates svn://<path>/security # refine the guess using the svn logs. cd security/cfs && svn log # checkout the revision that you wanted. ( updating didn't work...) cd ../.. && rm -rf security && svn co -r <target-from-log> svn -- Chris ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There will be an answer, Let it be." e: chris -at- vindaloo -dot- com
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