Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:20:39 -0700 From: Lei Sun <lei.sun@gmail.com> To: T P <t0m0p0@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: struggling with ports, packages, cvsup Message-ID: <d396fddf05042311204b402cf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f50d11d005042306203acc567e@mail.gmail.com> References: <f50d11d0050423055115270ad6@mail.gmail.com> <20050423150017.3734a100.albi@scii.nl> <f50d11d005042306203acc567e@mail.gmail.com>
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I had same question yesterday :) you need to copy the ports-supfile from the example directory instead of the standard file. And the supfile you have should have "ports-all" in there. Yours have 'src-all', which is for the system src. On 4/23/05, T P <t0m0p0@gmail.com> wrote: > I have figured out what was wrong with my /etc/hosts file and I have > CVSup running now. >=20 > Here is my supfile constructed following the example in the handbook: >=20 > *default tag=3D. > *default host=3Dcvsup3.us.FreeBSD.org > *default prefix=3D/usr > *default base=3D/var/db > *default release=3Dcvs delete use-rel-suffix compress >=20 > src-all >=20 > I also have a refuse file as in the handbook to avoid downloading > every language. >=20 > I will be sure to ask again if I run into any more problems. Thank > you for your help! >=20 > On 4/23/05, albi@scii.nl <albi@scii.nl> wrote: > > On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 05:51:02 -0700 > > T P <t0m0p0@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have just installed FreeBSD 5.3 and I am trying to get the latest > > > firefox, 1.0.3,1, and pkg_add -r firefox gives me 0.9. something and > > > downloading the latest source and typing make install clean gives me > > > some wierd patch-250862 failed error. I saw someone else mention > > > using cvsup to update the firefox source so I tried that. Now cvsup > > > gives me "Cannot get IP address of my own host -- is its hostname > > > correct?". I am behind a firewall and I don't know what I should set > > > my hostname to; the ip address is of course given to me by DHCP. > > > > read > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html > > look at /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ and use (edit first!) the ports-file > > from there to update your ports-collection > > > > then a /usr/ports/www/firefox/ ; make install clean > > > > did you try that ? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= .org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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