Re: cvsup problems

[Michael Wallendahl]

I think that maybe your cvsup configuration file may have a typo.

Maybe practice with upgrading your ports tree first?  

Copy the example 'ports-supfile' from /usr/share/examples/cvsup/, edit
the *default host= entry and run that:

=
cd 
cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile .
vi ports-supfile
  change the '*default host=' entry to point to a valid repository.
cvsup -g -L 2 ~/ports-supfile
=

There is a great tutorial on using portupgrade and cvsup here:

   http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html

Since the ports tree is the same for all versions of FreeBSD (I
believe), it might make sense to start with them.  Once you get cvsup
working on your ports tree, then you can figure out which source tree to
cvsup to stay current with your kernel and userland.

hope this helps,

-Mike

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 12:42:13AM -0700, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote:
 I just installed freebsd 4.9 is it the stable branch right now ??? I 
 have been tring to update everything useing cvsup and keep getting the 
 following error below is the important bits to my supfile
 
 Release not specified for collection cvsup7.FreeBSD.org
 
 # $FreeBSD: V21 /usr/local/etc/cvsup/sup-all ver 1.1 2003/11/17  rmvg
 #==
 # IMPORTANT: Change the next line to use one of the CVSup mirror sites
 # listed at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors.html.
 
 #cvsup1.FreeBSD.org
 cvsup7.FreeBSD.org (maintainer John Polstra [EMAIL PROTECTED]), 
 Washington state
 #cvsup2.jp.FreeBSD.org (maintainer Masafumi NAKANE [EMAIL PROTECTED])
 #cvsup.ca.FreeBSD.org
 
 ###
 #
 # DANGER!  WARNING!  LOOK OUT!  VORSICHT!
 #
 # If you add any of the ports or doc collections to this file, be sure to
 # specify them with a tag value set to ., like this:
 #
 #   ports-all tag=.
 #   doc-all tag=.
 #
 # If you leave out the tag=. portion, CVSup will delete all of
 # the files in your ports or doc tree.  That is because the ports and doc
 # collections do not use the same tags as the main part of the FreeBSD
 # source tree.
 #
 ###
 
 *default host=cvsup.ca.FreeBSD.org
 *default prefix=/usr
 # The following line is for 4-stable.
 *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4
 *default delete use-rel-suffix
 #--
 # sources files
 #--
 src-usrsbin
 src-all
 
 
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Re: The Complete FreeBSD

[Michael Wallendahl]

I had the same concern when I bought The Complete FreeBSD (4th Edition), but
the book does a great job of covering both 4.x and 5.x.  It's my favorite
BSD book so far.

-Mike

- Original Message - 
From: Jamie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:28 PM
Subject: The Complete FreeBSD





 I am looking into a personal copy of The Complete FreeBSD, but I'd
 like to get an edition which focuses on the 4.x series. From what I've
 read, the fourth edition focuses primarily on 5.x. Is there a version of
 The Complete FreeBSD which focuses primarily on FreeBSD 4.x?


 Thanks,

- Jamie
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Re: Configuring E-mail Services on a Standalone Wkst

[Michael Wallendahl]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:59:51PM -0500, Bob Perry wrote:
 
 I started by opening the freebsd.mc file to edit the define line for 
 Dialup users,
 entered the appropriate mail server name, saved the file and rebuilt it.  I
 ran the sendmail -q command and got the following error message:
 
 su-2.05b# sendmail -q
 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 66: unknown configuration line 
 
 
 As I was logging out, there were also a number of messages on my 
 screen...line 66: unknown configuration line \n
 
 Line 66 is blank.  Can anyone shed some light on this problem.  My 
 editor is vi.
 
Could there be a space on line 66?  Sendmaili .mc files are picky about
spaces in blank lines.

(I just had a thought--maybe sendmail is complaining about line 66 of
the compiled .cf file? If so, the typo could be on any line of the
source .mc file.)

 I've already posted this to the sendmail list and received several 
 suggestions.
 However, the issue is still very much open and could be a FreeBSD/vi 
 issue

I successfully use vi to edit my sendmail .mc file.

-Mike
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