how to move 9.1 ports to HEAD?

[Greg Larkin]

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On 2/8/13 10:04 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> From glarkin at freebsd.org Fri Feb  8 14:54:13 2013
> 
> On 2/8/13 9:47 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I just installed
> 9.1-release including the ports tree: > > root at zzz:/usr/ports # svn
> info /usr/ports/ Path: . Working Copy > Root Path: /usr/ports URL: 
> > svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/branches/RELENG_9_1_0 Repository
> Root: > svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports Repository UUID: >
> 35697150-7ecd-e111-bb59-0022644237b5 Revision: 311939 Node Kind: >
> directory Schedule: normal Last Changed Author: beat Last Changed >
> Rev: 307934 Last Changed Date: 2012-11-28 20:30:08 +0000 (Wed, 28 >
> Nov 2012) > > root at zzz:/usr/ports # > > I want to move the ports
> tree to HEAD. Is there an easy way (i.e. > not involving rm -rf
> /usr/ports/* and then a fresh svn co) of > achieving this? > > I
> tried "svn switch" and "svn relocate", but it seems these are >
> intended for just changing the root URL, i.e. when the tree itself 
> > is not changing. > > Please advise > > Thanks > > Anton
> 
> 
> Hi Anton,
> 
> The command "svn switch svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head/" will do 
> what you want.  "svn relocate" repoints a working copy to a new
> URL, if the repository has changed on the server side, but "svn
> switch" updates the local working copy to match a new URL within
> the same repository on the server.
> 
> Hope it helps, Greg - -- Greg Larkin
> 
> I think I get it.
> 
> What you suggested worked, thank you:
> 
> root at zzz:/usr/ports # svn info Path: . Working Copy Root Path:
> /usr/ports URL: svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head Repository Root:
> svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports Repository UUID:
> 35697150-7ecd-e111-bb59-0022644237b5 Revision: 311942 Node Kind:
> directory Schedule: normal Last Changed Author: tota Last Changed
> Rev: 311942 Last Changed Date: 2013-02-08 14:53:49 +0000 (Fri, 08
> Feb 2013)
> 
> However, this didn't work:
> 
> root at zzz:/usr/ports # svn switch
> svn://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/ports/head svn: E155025:
> 'svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head' is not the same repository as 
> 'svn://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/ports' root at zzz:/usr/ports #
> 
> I read somewhere that it is advisable to use these mirrors to
> offload the main server.
> 
> So how can easily switch to "east" (or "west")?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Anton
> 

Hi Anton,

Ok, in that case, I would try the following, assuming your repository
root is still svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports:

cd /usr/ports
svn relocate svn://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/ports/
svn switch svn://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/ports/head/

Regards,
Greg

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