On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 06:40:17PM -0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > I recommend you use cvs to fetch the ports tree. > > ports.tar.gz does not quite contain all the files because > some have names which are too long for the format used > by tar(1). >
I have always used dump/restore to duplicate file systems because of that problem with tar. But if ports.tar.gz is incomplete, why is it available under snapshots? Does using it followed by cvs up fix the problem? If so, I will modify the program I use for updating to a -current ports tree. I don't use src or xenocara anymore, but if I remember correctly (I might not), I was told that cvs up didn't always bring in a good tree with an existing tree. That was a long time ago. Is there a reason that tar isn't changed to deal with the name length problem? I can guess some possible reasons, but I have no idea if they are true. -- Chris Bennett
