From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 3 13:00:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83C4716A403 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 13:00:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF71B43D46 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 13:00:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k93D0OsS011712 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 06:00:24 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.1.2] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id k93D0N9I002877 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 06:00:24 -0700 In-Reply-To: <03e101c6e6ea$a831a780$8e11fea9@user1> References: <03e101c6e6ea$a831a780$8e11fea9@user1> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) X-Gpgmail-State: !signed X-Priority: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <2F1E3E09-59A7-40A1-82A3-332ECAC40CEF@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 06:00:30 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.266434, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.10.3.53443 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='LEO_OBFU_SUBJ_RE 0.1, __CP_MEDIA_2_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __HAS_X_PRIORITY 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: installing ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:00:25 -0000 On Oct 3, 2006, at 5:51 AM, Mbuthia Wangui wrote: > I have a bandwidth manager running on FreeBSD 4.9 LOCAL. I want to > install net-snmp so that traffic generated on the bwmger can be > pointed to cacti (like mrtg). My problem is that I have gone > through enough manuals to get assistance on which commands I should > run to install the ports hierarchy. I have even tried using the > cvsup utility but I get an error: "Parsing supfile "ports-supfile" > Release not specified for collection "host=cvsup.FreeBSD.org". It > doesn't matter which host I use, the response is still the same. > > Is there something I'm doing wrong or missing out. Will really > appreciate prompt response. > > P.S. Can someone please recommend a FreeBSD book for dummies. > > Thanks > > Phyllis Mbuthia > Assistant Network Engineer > Africa Online, Kenya > Tel: +254 (20) 243 775 > Fax: +254 (20) 27 100 10 > Email: pwangui@africaonline.co.ke > AIM: Zytuni Try something like this in your ports supfile: *default release=cvs tag=. Refer to /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile for a valid ports supfile. -Garrett