Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:31:03 -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: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D97@site2s1>
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I don't mean to be sarcastic. But what is http://www.fbsd.org/masterindex.html supposed to point to?!?! Assuming this is http://www.FreeBSD.org/masterindex.html that doesn't even exist. AH.. you meant http://www/FreeBSD.org/ports/master-index.html. Next time you should say exactly what you mean. But, despite that. the master index is literally a list of every single available port. They are not organized in categories or anything. The actual structure is better mirrored by just http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/index.html. The next time you are having trouble finding a port try doing the following: cd /usr/ports make search key=<whatever you are searching for> (e.g. make search key=kde) -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Ariel Burbaickij [SMTP:Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de] > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 4:01 PM > To: Christopher Michaels > Cc: 'Ariel Burbaickij'; FreeBSD Questions > Subject: RE: cvsup ports-all question > > > > On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Christopher Michaels wrote: > > > So, if I understand this... you don't have > > /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/kde11 ? > > /usr/ports/lang/tclxx ? where xx is a version number. > Nope :)The mentioned are here but I thought the structure > should be so as presented in http://www.fbsd.org/masterindex.html > Were kde tcl and some other have their own directory > Regards > Ariel Burbaickij > > Are there any refuse files being used by cvsup? > > What does your sup file look like? > > > > -Chris > > P.S. Please don't send the output of ls.. thanks. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ariel Burbaickij [SMTP:Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de] > > > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 4:03 AM > > > To: Christopher Michaels > > > Cc: 'Ariel Burbaickij'; FreeBSD Questions > > > Subject: RE: cvsup ports-all question > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Christopher Michaels wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > > Thank you for your interest in moy trouble first of all, > > > as to how I determine it is rather simple I just see > > > a structure of my /usr/ports directory.As soon as > > > I do not see subdirectories kde Tcl I guess they > > > are not here. > > > But if in doubt I can surely send the listing of > > > ls -al /usr/ports along my ports-supfile if you need > > > it. > > > Best Regards, > > > Ariel Burbaickij > > > > > > > > -----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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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