Re: CVSup & ports collection

From: Scott Corey (scott_at_bsdprophet.org)
Date: 05/27/03

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    Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 18:14:44 -0500
    To: timmssimon@shaw.ca
    
    

    timmssimon@shaw.ca wrote:
    > Hi,
    > I have just tried to update my ports collection using CVSup. I followed the instructions in the hand book and specified the following:
    >
    > *default host=cvsup.ca.FreeBSD.org
    Keep
    > *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup
    keep
    > *default prefix=/usr
    keep
    > *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress
    remove try this instead
    *default release=cvs
    *default tag=RELENG_4 <--- if you want the latest 4.x stable
    *default delete use-rel-suffix
    >
    > src-all
    >
    add between these two " *default tag=. " don't include the "", this will
    give you the latest ports.

    > ports-all
    >
    >
    > The CVSup seems to run fine. I am left, however, with a large number of files with ",v" appended to the end. Is there some sort of merger procedure which I should follow to update my current files and to rename the new files to their name without the ",v"?

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