Curtis Vaughan wrote:
I'm a little confused about using cvsup. I'm referring to 2
resources (The Complete FreeBSD - 4th edition, and
www,freebsd.org manual for cvsup). BTW, I currently have FreeBSD 4.8 installed.
Ok, so, I know I need to edit a supfile and I have found
all the examples. But it seems to me that it is advisable to
put my own edited supfile in a particular directory. What is the best or more common practice?
Maybe in the base directory: i.e., /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ ?
Note that I will not be using the gui. I have not installed X windows (XFree86) as this is to be a server and I no intention of using any gui interface.
Hi, Curtis ...
As a courtesy to others who are maybe not running a GUI, (perhaps reading via the CLI with mutt, etc.) it is a good practice to wrap your mail lines at about 72-80 characters in mail to the FreeBSD lists (AAMOF, probably good practice for all mail..)
I can't say what's common, nor best, but I'd think the answer is "wherever works for you." Probably your $HOME, so the command would be (assuming your in your $HOME):
%cvsup stable-supfile
In my case, I put it at / --- since I have to be root or use sudo anyway, the command is then:
%cvsup /stable-supfile
Works for me. One thing you want to watch out for; periodically categories in the ports tree are added, changed, or removed, so you usually need to have a current copy of the ports-supfile in whatever location you choose....
HTH,
Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. But whatever works for you would be fine. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
