question about /usr/ports structure

Adam Weinberger adamw at freebsd.org
Mon Apr 21 17:26:34 PDT 2003


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>> (04.21.2003 @ 1720 PST): Tim Aslat said, in 1.2K: <<
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm wondering if someone can enlighten me on the /usr/ports directory
> structure for development.  What I'm looking for is a place I can put
> ports I'm working on until they are ready for submission, without
> having them overwritten each time I cvsup my ports tree (daily cron job)
> 
> Setting aside something like /usr/ports/local would be nice, or is there
> a better option?
>> end of "question about /usr/ports structure" from Tim Aslat <<

That's one massive .sig you've got there, Tim ;;)

cvsup won't hose anything you have set up outside of the normal cvsup
tree. /usr/ports/anything will be left alone by cvsup.

# Adam


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