Re: 1st time updating ports collection

From: Mark Weinem (mark.weinem_at_uni-duisburg.de)
Date: 09/29/03


Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:18:52 +0200

surfsofa <surfsofa@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I've made this supfile :
>
> *default host=cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org
> *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup
> *default prefix=/usr
> *default release=cvs tag=.
> *default delete use-rel-suffix
> ports-all
>
> [...]
>
> So now I think I'm ready to simply type 'cvsup <mysupfile>'. I'm expecting
> my ports tree at /usr/ports to be overwritten with fresh versions.
>
> Questions
> 1) Will the above do what I'm expecting?

yes

> 2) Am I right to assume that 'base' has nothing to do with the location I
> actually want to write the ports to (ie. I don't need to specify the
> /usr/ports destination)?

correct

Greetings, Mark Weinem



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