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Date:      Tue, 2 Nov 2010 05:53:10 -0500
From:      Lystic Emsen <lystic1@gmail.com>
To:        Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fetching distfiles via cron does not download...
Message-ID:  <AANLkTi=BwtWiKn2XN%2BM0RZCc7y85bTFxG3RAU8GEt6n6@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:08 AM, Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> wrote:

> Hello list.
>
> I have the following in /etc/crontab
>
> @reboot root portsnap -I cron update && /root/bin/cv_portsnap_cron &&
> pkg_version -vIL=
>
>
> I don't see where you are doing a portsnap fetch first.  If you haven't
done a fetch, then the update will probably fail.  If the update fails,
because you are using && it won't execute the next part of your script.



>
> The script /root/bin/cv_portsnap_cron
>
> #!/bin/sh
> portmaster --clean-distfiles-all
> portmaster -aF
>
>
>
>
> Message received from cron:
>
>
> ===>>> Gathering distinfo list for installed ports
>
> ===>>> Checking for stale distfiles
> ]0;portmaster: All ===>>> Starting check of installed ports for available
> updates
>
> ===>>> Distfile fetching is complete
> libxul-1.9.2.9_1                    <   needs updating (index has 1.9.2.12)
> pciids-20101005                     <   needs updating (index has 20101020)
>
>
> Even so I do not get the distfiles downloaded.
>
> Where am I going wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> /Leslie
>
>
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