Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:30:10 -0800 (PST) From: Your Name <bg271828@yahoo.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup basics? Message-ID: <20041108183010.24668.qmail@web53406.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041108161750.GA19817@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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--- Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 06:34:41AM -0800, Your Name > wrote: > > Hi, i realize this is really basic, but i dont > > actually know how cvsup works when youre not > calling > > it through cvsup. > > > > What i mean is, when i want to update things i do > "cd > > /usr/ports && make update" or > > "cd /usr/src && make update", i dont do cvsup > > directly. > > > > What i assume is my working supfile is > > /usr/src/supfile-current. i want to change this to > > RELENG-5 instead of ".", > > but i should probably change the name. But i cant > > figure out how to know WHICH supfile is called > when i > > just do "cd /usr/src && make update". > > > > Also where do i put the "refuse" file, for ports? > > > > Thanks! i didnt see this in the HandBook. > > The 'make update' behaviour is controlled by the > following variable in > /etc/make.conf: > > SUP_UPDATE= yes > SUP= /usr/local/bin/cvsup > SUPFLAGS= -g -L 2 > SUPHOST= cvsup.uk.freebsd.org > SUPFILE= > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile > PORTSSUPFILE= > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile > DOCSUPFILE= > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/doc-supfile > > Of those variables, it's really only the last four > that you need to > think about what to set them to -- the others should > be set to the > values shown here. Thank You!!! Thats exactly what i meant. Thanks to the other people who replied, but this is my point-i have cvsup and it works, i didnt know that it was make.conf that controlled thing.s Now i can figure out what to change. Jen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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