portsnap cannot change its default WORKDIR ?

[Chandan Haldar]

The two command line options

-d <WORKDIR>
-p <PORTSDIR>

that portsnap accepts should be adequate for what you
seem to be looking for.  I use the second frequently.

Chandan


Yuan Jue wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 March 2006 15:17, illoai at gmail.com wrote:
> 
>>-On 3/6/06, Yuan Jue <yuanjue02 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, all
>>>
>>>I am now using portsnap in FreeBSD 6.0 to upgrade ports tree. It is
>>>really much faster than CVSUp. But there is one question that bother me:
>>>I cannot change the WORKDIR that portsnap use.
>>>
>>>I have change WORKDIR in /etc/portsnap.conf to /usr/local/portsnap, but
>>>when using 'portsnap fetch', the download files still store
>>>in /var/db/portsnap.
>>>
>>>Any suggestions about this? Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>My /etc/portsnap.conf is as follows:
>>>
>>># $FreeBSD: src/etc/portsnap.conf,v 1.1.2.1 2005/08/15 20:24:07 cperciva
>>>Exp $
>>>
>>># Default directory where compressed snapshots are stored.
>>> WORKDIR=/usr/local/portsnap
>>
>>Well, it's doesn't seem broken here and mine is exactly like yours.
>>Are you using portsnap from the base distro or from the ports tree?
> 
> 
> I'm using FreeBSD 6.0 and portsnap is from the base distro.
> 
> 
>>I was under the impression that portsnap from ports used
>>/usr/local/etc/portsnap.conf so you may try copying your
>>/etc/portsnap.conf there and see if that fixes something or any-
>>thing.
> 
> I have tried this as you told. it doesn't work either :(
> 
> BTW: when I deleted /var/db/portsnap, the next time I use portsnap
> like:
> #portsnap fetch
> message will show as follows:
> portsnap: Directory does not exist or is not writable: /var/db/portsnap
> 
> any more ideas?
>