Re: Ports files
On Thursday 12 February 2004 10:08 am, Jonathan Arnold wrote: > andrew clarke wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 08:09:25AM -0500, Jonathan Arnold wrote: > >>My port hierarchy seems to have gotten out of date or something. > >>It is missing some subdirectories, like multimedia, even though I > >>run cvsup every other night on it. > > > > I had this problem too with /usr/ports/dns not being updated, even > > though ports-dns was listed in my ports-supfile. Switched to > > another cvsup server and all was well. > > Actually, looking at the cvsup file I was using, it didn't include > the multimedia port. I created it awhile ago, and commented out the > ports-all line, because I didn't want to get the Chinese or Japanese, > etc, ports. But there doesn't seem to be an easy way to get > everything but those. There is a 'refuse' file, but that is based > upon the file name, and I'm not sure I want to refuse everything > with, say, 'chinese' in its filename. Well, when you refuse, you take a chance on "make index" not working. The choice is yours :). Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Ports files
andrew clarke wrote: On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 08:09:25AM -0500, Jonathan Arnold wrote: My port hierarchy seems to have gotten out of date or something. It is missing some subdirectories, like multimedia, even though I run cvsup every other night on it. I had this problem too with /usr/ports/dns not being updated, even though ports-dns was listed in my ports-supfile. Switched to another cvsup server and all was well. Actually, looking at the cvsup file I was using, it didn't include the multimedia port. I created it awhile ago, and commented out the ports-all line, because I didn't want to get the Chinese or Japanese, etc, ports. But there doesn't seem to be an easy way to get everything but those. There is a 'refuse' file, but that is based upon the file name, and I'm not sure I want to refuse everything with, say, 'chinese' in its filename. -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, a FreeBSD weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Ports files
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 08:09:25AM -0500, Jonathan Arnold wrote: > My port hierarchy seems to have gotten out of date or something. > It is missing some subdirectories, like multimedia, even though I > run cvsup every other night on it. I had this problem too with /usr/ports/dns not being updated, even though ports-dns was listed in my ports-supfile. Switched to another cvsup server and all was well. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
