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Date:      Sat, 25 May 2002 15:53:19 +0930
From:      Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au>
To:        chuck sumner <chuck@2inches.com>, Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Ports failures - HELP!
Message-ID:  <200205250619.g4P6Jd194872@tierzero.apana.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <20020524154639.W53764-100000@periphery.2inches.com>
References:  <20020524154639.W53764-100000@periphery.2inches.com>

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On Sat, 25 May 2002 08:17, chuck sumner wrote:
> you might also try the -g flag
> cvsup is trying to open a window on your display and cant figure where to
> do it. the -g flag tells it to use text only mode.

My guess is that neither of you is going to believe this ...
cvsup -L2 -h -g cvsup10.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
gave a diferent error to the same command without the "-g".
I noticed that the supfile recommended "L 2" rather than "L2", so I tried 
that. - same error.
On a whim i tried moving the "-g" flag and entered:
cvsup -g -L 2 -h cvsup10.freebsd.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
AND IT WORKED!    WOW!  :-)

Looks like the error messages are simply NOT a guide to what is wrong :-(

-- 
Regards,
Brian

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