Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 23:58:40 +0200 From: "Andre Goeree" <abgoeree@uwnet.nl> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error: your port uses an old layout. Message-ID: <20010331235840.A14256@mandark.attica.home> In-Reply-To: <200103312143.f2VLhBf83710@ns1.unixathome.org>; from dan@langille.org on Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 09:43:09AM %2B1200 References: <200103310900.f2V90lf78965@ns1.unixathome.org>; <20010331233502.A13899@mandark.attica.home> <200103312143.f2VLhBf83710@ns1.unixathome.org>
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--mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 09:43:09AM +1200, Dan Langille wrote: > On 31 Mar 2001, at 23:35, Andre Goeree wrote: > > > > Please try out the fix i described. It's a painless cure for those > > bitten by the "old port lay-out" problem :-) It saves people having > > to CVSup from scratch :-) In fact the filter is a solution to *all* > > problems related to CVSup not deleting files. > > > > I attached (an older) backup script i use to roll tarballs of my > > CVSupped stuff. You probably only have to modify it a little to > > test/try out my fix to the old ports lay-out problem. > > > > To convince yourself: > > Take an old ports distrib and untar it somewhere. > > Use a temporary cvsup file that uses this directory for ports and a > > separate sup directory (not to mess up your own CVSup stuff). > > CVSup once using the temporary cvsup file and try to build a port, > > it will give you the error. > > Modify attached backup script so it will use the temporary ports/sup > > dirs that you created. > > Roll a tarball using the backup script and untar it somewhere else. > > Go to this newly created portsdir and try to make a port, you will > > succeed this time :-) This is the way i tested the fix. > > > > Good luck on helping these people out! > > Thanks. Two issues: > > 1 - I have less than 24 hours before I fly overseas so I don't have time or > the facilities to test the script. > > 2 - Given my time frame, I was unable to understand how to use the > script. Given a /usr/ports which fails, what does the newbie do? > > 3 - Please post this script to -ports and ask for comment compared to > the script which Will Andrews posted. Or if you prefer, with your > permission, I will. > > Thank you. > > -- > Dan Langille > pgpkey - finger dan@unixathome.org | http://unixathome.org/finger.php > got any work? I'm looking for some. > -- Andre. --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ Content-Type: application/x-sh Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="backup.sh" #!/bin/sh # # $HOME/etc/rootstuff/backup.sh # # Variables PREFIX=/usr SUPBASE=/usr/local/cvsup SUPDIR=/usr/local/cvsup/sup BACKROOT=/home/backup BACKDIR=${BACKROOT}/freebsd SCRIPT=${0##*/} TMP=/tmp/${0##*/}_$$ DATE=$(date +%m-%d) TARSUFX=.tgz TAROLD=.old #TARBALL=${BACKDIR}/${1}-${DATE}${TARSUFX} TARBALL=${BACKDIR}/${1}${TARSUFX} # Roll a tarball backup() { # cat checkouts files to one file cat ${SUPDIR}/${1}-*/* > ${TMP}_checkouts # convert the file to a file-list sed 's/^C /XXX /' ${TMP}_checkouts |grep -w XXX | \ awk '{print $2}' |sed 's/,v//' |sort |uniq > ${TMP}_list # If the tarball exist #if [ -f ${TARBALL} ] ; then #mv ${TARBALL} ${TARBALL}.old #fi # change directory to the "cvsup prefix" and roll the tarball cd $PREFIX && tar -zcvf ${TARBALL} --files-from ${TMP}_list # cleanup rm -f ${TMP}_checkouts ${TMP}_list } # These are targets that always get backed up always() { cd /var && tar -zcvf ${BACKDIR}/var.tgz pkg/db cd /usr/local && tar -zcvf ${BACKDIR}/cvsup.tgz cvsup } case "$1" in ports|src|doc) backup $1 ;; var) cd /var && tar -zcvf ${BACKDIR}/var.tgz db/pkg ;; cvsup) cd /usr/local && tar -zcvf ${BACKDIR}/cvsup.tgz cvsup ;; *) echo "${SCRIPT} [src|doc|ports|var|cvsup]" ;; esac --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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