CVSup basics?

[Your Name]

--- Matthew Seaman <m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk>
wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 06:34:41AM -0800, Your Name
> wrote:
> > Hi, i realize this is really basic, but i dont
> > actually know how cvsup works when youre not
> calling
> > it through cvsup. 
> > 
> > What i mean is, when i want to update things i do
> "cd
> > /usr/ports && make update" or 
> > "cd /usr/src && make update", i dont do cvsup
> > directly.
> > 
> > What i assume is my working supfile is
> > /usr/src/supfile-current. i want to change this to
> > RELENG-5 instead of ".", 
> > but i should probably change the name. But i cant
> > figure out how to know WHICH supfile is called
> when i
> > just do "cd /usr/src && make update". 
> > 
> > Also where do i put the "refuse" file, for ports?
> > 
> > Thanks! i didnt see this in the HandBook.
> 
> The 'make update' behaviour is controlled by the
> following variable in
> /etc/make.conf:
> 
>     SUP_UPDATE=     yes
>     SUP=            /usr/local/bin/cvsup
>     SUPFLAGS=       -g -L 2
>     SUPHOST=        cvsup.uk.freebsd.org
>     SUPFILE=       
> /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile
>     PORTSSUPFILE=  
> /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
>     DOCSUPFILE=    
> /usr/share/examples/cvsup/doc-supfile
> 
> Of those variables, it's really only the last four
> that you need to
> think about what to set them to -- the others should
> be set to the
> values shown here.

Thank You!!!

Thats exactly what i meant. Thanks to the other people
who replied, but this is my point-i have cvsup and it
works, i didnt know that it was make.conf that
controlled thing.s Now i can figure out what to
change.

Jen

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