/var/db is not specified as `base' for CVSup by default

Hideyuki KURASHINA rushani at FreeBSD.org
Wed Oct 27 13:08:07 UTC 2004


Hi,

Thanks for changing `base' option of CVSup from /usr/local/etc/cvsup
to /var/db ([*]).  I won't object your change, however, Atsushi-san found
following sentence (underlined) are wrong:

  Where should cvsup maintain its status files?
    http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html#CVSUP-CONFIG-STATUS

    The CVSup client maintains certain status files in what is called
    the ``base'' directory. These files help CVSup to work more efficiently, 
    by keeping track of which updates you have already received. We will
    use the standard base directory, /var/db:

      *default base=/var/db

    This setting is used by default if it is not specified in the supfile,
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    so we actually do not need the above line.
    ------------------------------------------

    If your base directory does not already exist, now would be a good time
    to create it. The cvsup client will refuse to run if the base directory
    does not exist.

As described in cvsup(1) manual page or suplib/src/SupMisc.i3 in CVSup dist,
default `base' is the /usr/local/etc/cvsup.

May I commit a fix for this issue? (The patch is attached)

-- rushani
[*] http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml#rev1.354

Index: chapter.sgml
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.360
diff -u -r1.360 chapter.sgml
--- chapter.sgml	25 Oct 2004 14:48:11 -0000	1.360
+++ chapter.sgml	27 Oct 2004 13:01:51 -0000
@@ -1152,10 +1152,6 @@
 
 	  <programlisting>*default base=/var/db</programlisting>
 
-	  <para>This setting is used by default if it is not specified
-	    in the <filename>supfile</filename>, so we actually do not
-	    need the above line.</para>
-	  
 	  <para>If your base directory does not already exist, now would
 	    be a good time to create it.  The <command>cvsup</command>
 	    client will refuse to run if the base directory does not



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