Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:19:00 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Z. Wade Hampton" <zwade@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nonstandard ports tree location Message-ID: <44d56dphl7.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <200612201009.31517.zwade@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org> (Z. Wade Hampton's message of "Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:09:30 -0700") References: <200612201009.31517.zwade@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org>
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"Z. Wade Hampton" <zwade@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org> writes: > Hello to all, > Not long ago, I ran cvsup "successfully". > In the example cvs-supfile, the following opening lines exist: > > # base=3D/var/db > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0This specifies the root whe= re CVSup will store information > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0about the collections you h= ave transferred to your system. > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0A setting of "/var/db" will= generate this information in > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0/var/db/sup. =A0Even if you= are CVSupping a large number of > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0collections, you will be ha= rd pressed to generate more than > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0~1MB of data in this direct= ory. =A0You can override the > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0"base" setting on the comma= nd line with cvsup's "-b base" > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0option. =A0This directory m= ust exist in order to run CVSup. > # > # prefix=3D/home/ncvs > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0This specifies where to pla= ce the requested files. =A0A > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0setting of "/home/ncvs" wil= l place all of the files > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0requested in /home/ncvs (e.= g., "/home/ncvs/src/bin", > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0"/home/ncvs/ports/archivers= "). =A0The prefix directory > #=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0must exist in order to run = CVSup. > > > > I attempted running cvsup with "base" and "prefix" locations other than t= he=20 > ones stated above; and, it did not work. > > However, when I edited the supfile as described above, the whole process = ran=20 > to completion, "successfully". > > Well, now I have an updated ports tree in /home/ncvs/ports instead=20 > of /usr/ports. > > So, my question this morning is what do I do with that? =A0Do I=20 > treat /home/ncvs/ports as if it were /usr/ports? > > Do I copy the entire /home/ncvs/ports directory to /usr/ports for updated= =20 > ports? You can do either. The former will allow you to continue to update the tree in the future with fewer problems.=20=20 The advice for you probably depends on why you wanted to set non-standard locations in the first place, which is not clear.
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