Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:37:00 -0500 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where can I find a list of the cvsup tags for ports? Message-ID: <20040204203700.GB22819@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <200402040945.11019.kstewart@owt.com> References: <00be01c3eb35$8b4a6b10$7764a8c0@ITDept> <200402040848.06080.kstewart@owt.com> <20040204172617.GB16928@teddy.fas.com> <200402040945.11019.kstewart@owt.com>
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On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 09:45:11AM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: > On Wednesday 04 February 2004 09:26 am, stan wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 08:48:06AM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > On Wednesday 04 February 2004 07:42 am, Randy Grafton wrote: > > > > You can use the refuse file to omit branches. I've attached my > > > > cvsupfile and my refuse file to give you an idea as to how this > > > > works. I placed my cvsupfile in /usr/local/etc and the refuse > > > > file goes in /user/local/etc/sup. I then call cvsup -g -L 2 > > > > /usr/local/etc/cvsupfile. The directory locations are based on > > > > the settings within the cvsupfile. > > > > > > The problem is that when you add this refuses, you can no longer > > > use portupgrade because building INDEX will most likely fail and > > > the resulting INDEX.db will be close to useless. > > > > ARGH! So I have to use up (albiet not a huge amount) of disk space > > holding these unwanted ports, just to allow portupgrade (which I > > can't live wihtout) to work? I do a portdb -Uu after every cvsup run > > if that maters. > > How many MBs are you going to save versus how much trouble you are going > to create. The time and money to get around the problem is your choice. > I think refusing a large number of ports is comparable to not building > sendmail and then finding out that you aren't getting output from your > cron jobs. Well, on machines with 2G drives, every byt counts :-) -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
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