On 10/17/07, Christian Weisgerber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Landry Breuil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Why doesn't your mirror have CVSROOT? You're missing part of the > > > repository. > > > > Maybe upstream is missing something.. i'm cc'ing maintainer in case > > he's not subscribed to misc. > > Sure looks complete at the collection level. > > $ cvsync cvsync://mirror.osn.de/ > Connecting to mirror.osn.de port 7777 > Connected to 194.45.27.107 port 7777 > Running... > Name: openbsd, Release: rcs > Comment: OpenBSD CVS Repository > Name: openbsd-cvsroot, Release: rcs > Comment: OpenBSD CVSROOT > Name: openbsd-ports, Release: rcs > Comment: OpenBSD Ports > Name: openbsd-src, Release: rcs > Comment: OpenBSD Source > Name: openbsd-www, Release: rcs > Comment: OpenBSD WWW > Name: openbsd-x11, Release: rcs > Comment: OpenBSD X11 > Name: openbsd-xf4, Release: rcs > Comment: OpenBSD XF4 > Name: openbsd-xenocara, Release: rcs > Comment: OpenBSD xenocara > Finished successfully > > > i just launched 'cvsync > > cvsync://mirror.osn.de/openbsd-ports/rcs/?prefix=/cvs', and tried with > > a full config file too, as explained on the page.. > > With that URL you only fetch the ports collection. > > The top level of the repository looks like this: > > CVSROOT > X11 > XF4 > ports > src > www > xenocara > > If you skip some parts, you still need CVSROOT (corresponding to > the openbsd-cvsroot collection above) for CVS operations. > > Of course, when you said "mirror" I assumed you wanted to get the > whole thing. > > > Ok, so my 'workaround' wasn't correct .. i suppose my cvsync copy is > > broken now ? > > Just delete the CVSROOT directory you created.
Okay, thanks naddy, armin and charles, now i fully understand how cvsync works :) Landry
