Re: Installing Gnome 2.8 on FreeBSD 5.3 : cvsup ?

From: Vincent Schmid (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 22:02:32 +0100

MattD.. wrote:

> I suspect you haven't updated your ports tree. Mine reads (note the date):
>
> 20041107:
...

Right, I had not updated my ports yet... As the answer (confirmation) to
my question comes next...

...
> You *need* the latest ports tree on your system before this will work. The
> supfile you need is in /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile.
...

OK, it's done now!

...
> portsdb -Uu to make an INDEX and build the database.
...

Where is portsdb ? man portsdb gives nothing, and there is no reference
in the hanbook about it ?

> I suggest you read the handbook, especially the sections entitled
> "Installing Applications: Packages and Ports" in section 4 and "Using
> cvsup" in Appendix A.

I have downloaded the pdf and will print (and read) it...

Thanks for helping
sincerely,
Vincent

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