Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:56:02 -0800 (PST) From: saravanan ganapathy <sarav_gsa@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port update problem - deleted all the ports Message-ID: <20050131135602.85993.qmail@web51703.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <41FE3545.6010005@freebsd.org>
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--- Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> wrote: > saravanan ganapathy wrote: > > Hai , > > > > I am using 5.3 release and included tag=RELENG_5_3 > to > > my ports-supfile and when I tried to update ports > > using " cvsup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile", it > deleted > > almost all the ports and finally it says > > ... > > ... > > ... > > Delete ports/x11-wm/yawm/Makefile > > Delete ports/x11-wm/yawm/distinfo Delete > > ports/x11-wm/yawm/pkg-descr > > Shutting down connection to server > > Finished successfully > > > > > > My ports-supfile looks as > > > > *default host=cvsup10.us.freebsd.org > > *default base=/var/db > > *default prefix=/usr > > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_3 > > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > ports-all > > > > > > What is the problem? > > > > The ports tree doesn't have tags so you should edit > the above to > > *default release=cvs tag=. > > Note the '.'!! > > Also are you sure that you want your ports tree in > /var/db? /usr would > be more usual. > > *default base=/usr > I need to update to RELENG_5_3 from release. If I don't include "tag=RELENG_5_3" , then how the server 'll gets updated to RELENG_5_3? I need to update my packages with the latest security patches. I am not sure. Pls correct me if I am wrong Sarav __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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