Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 06:41:21 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Local CVS repository, the final frontier Message-ID: <20020223064121.G16048@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20020223134033.GA13138@raggedclown.net>; from csfbsd@raggedclown.net on Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 02:40:33PM %2B0100 References: <20020223134033.GA13138@raggedclown.net>
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On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 02:40:33PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> Hi,
> Ok..updating src from my local network repository, no problem
> But what command do I give to 'cvs' to update the /usr/ports
> collection from the network repository (which is updated nightly).
> I have spent all morning, thinking and trying and I am damned if
> I can get it to work a la cvsupit (i.e. update changed ports).
> I realise that ports is not under cvs as such, is there some
> magic to get it to just replace older files with newer ones.
> Or do I need to write a find script..whatever ?
I'm not sure I understand. The ports are under CVS control just as
much as any other part of FreeBSD. You say you have a local
repository? Why not just cvsup(1) the ports (if you are not already)
and just use cvs(1) the same way?
--
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| cjclark@jhu.edu
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