Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:54:46 +0530 From: Chandan Haldar <chandanh@gmail.com> To: Yuan Jue <yuanjue02@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsnap cannot change its default WORKDIR ? Message-ID: <440D434E.7060905@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200603071528.19040.yuanjue02@gmail.com> References: <200603070934.02881.yuanjue02@gmail.com> <d7195cff0603062317i2436ca66m84d1ab11d8392071@mail.gmail.com> <200603071528.19040.yuanjue02@gmail.com>
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The two command line options -d <WORKDIR> -p <PORTSDIR> that portsnap accepts should be adequate for what you seem to be looking for. I use the second frequently. Chandan Yuan Jue wrote: > 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? >
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