Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 07:54:11 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs-supfile information Message-ID: <3CE27693.9080801@owt.com> References: <200205151446.g4FEkel63574@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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Martin McCormick wrote: > I am trying for the first time to upgrade a system to the > latest security-patched version of FreeBSD-4.5. > > When I use the command > > cvsup cvs-supfile > > I get the following error message: > > Release not specified for collection "host=ftp9.freebsd.org" > > That's nice, but I do have the following line in the > cvs-supfile: Here it is in context with the line above. > > host=ftp9.freebsd.org > release=4.5-RELEASE > > There is also a tag= directive in this file. > > # The easiest way to get the main source tree is to use the "src-all" > # mega-collection. It includes all of the individual "src-*" collections, > # except the export-restricted collections. > tag=RELENG_4_5 > src-all > > The only other thing I put in that file is a tag for the > ports colection. > > # The easiest way to get the ports tree is to use the "ports-all" > # mega-collection. It includes all of the individual "ports-*" > # collections, > tag=. > ports-all > > This is where a cookie-cutter-style example of a file > that is at least syntactically correct even if it does not work > would come in handy. > > Anyway, what kind of release information is cvsup > missing? The cvs-supfile is otherwise right from the example. > I don't yet know enough about it to be creative. > your cvsup-supfile should have looked something like *host=ftp9.freebsd.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_5 *default delete use-rel-suffix # If your network link is a T1 or faster, comment out the following line. #*default compress src-all -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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