Ports cvs deprecation warning

Simon L. B. Nielsen simon at qxnitro.org
Thu Jan 10 16:53:41 UTC 2013


On 10 January 2013 16:50, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:

> Index: ports/UPDATING
> ===================================================================
> --- ports/UPDATING      (revision 310189)
> +++ ports/UPDATING      (working copy)
> @@ -5,6 +5,16 @@
>  You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time
>  you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
>
> +20130110:
> +  AFFECTS: everyone using csup(1) or net/cvsup to update the ports tree
> +  AUTHOR: wblock at FreeBSD.org
> +
> +  The CVSup service is being phased out as of February 28, 2013.  Please
> +  switch to one of the alternate update methods of portsnap(8) or
> +  devel/subversion before that time.  See the Handbook for more
> +  information:
> +
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html

The note should also talk about CVS IMO - I have frequently heard
people use that (not many, but some).

-- 
Simon L. B. Nielsen


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