Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 15:28:18 +0800 From: Yuan Jue <yuanjue02@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> Subject: Re: portsnap cannot change its default WORKDIR ? Message-ID: <200603071528.19040.yuanjue02@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0603062317i2436ca66m84d1ab11d8392071@mail.gmail.com> References: <200603070934.02881.yuanjue02@gmail.com> <d7195cff0603062317i2436ca66m84d1ab11d8392071@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 07 March 2006 15:17, illoai@gmail.com wrote: > -On 3/6/06, Yuan Jue <yuanjue02@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, all > > > > I am now using portsnap in FreeBSD 6.0 to upgrade ports tree. It is > > really much faster than CVSUp. But there is one question that bother me: > > I cannot change the WORKDIR that portsnap use. > > > > I have change WORKDIR in /etc/portsnap.conf to /usr/local/portsnap, but > > when using 'portsnap fetch', the download files still store > > in /var/db/portsnap. > > > > Any suggestions about this? Thanks in advance! > > > > My /etc/portsnap.conf is as follows: > > > > # $FreeBSD: src/etc/portsnap.conf,v 1.1.2.1 2005/08/15 20:24:07 cperciva > > Exp $ > > > > # Default directory where compressed snapshots are stored. > > WORKDIR=/usr/local/portsnap > > Well, it's doesn't seem broken here and mine is exactly like yours. > Are you using portsnap from the base distro or from the ports tree? I'm using FreeBSD 6.0 and portsnap is from the base distro. > I was under the impression that portsnap from ports used > /usr/local/etc/portsnap.conf so you may try copying your > /etc/portsnap.conf there and see if that fixes something or any- > thing. I have tried this as you told. it doesn't work either :( BTW: when I deleted /var/db/portsnap, the next time I use portsnap like: #portsnap fetch message will show as follows: portsnap: Directory does not exist or is not writable: /var/db/portsnap any more ideas? -- Best Regards. Yuan Jue
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