csup to svn

Fbsd8 fbsd8 at a1poweruser.com
Wed Nov 21 17:52:12 UTC 2012


Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> 	Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:10:28 -0500
> 	From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8 at a1poweruser.com>
> 
> 	I use packages for all my ports.
> 	But some times I have to use ports make files because I need to change 
> 	the default configuration.
> 
> 	I use a custom csup script to just download the desired single port.
> 
> 	Since the CVSup/Csup service is being phased out as of February 28, 
> 	2013, How can I duplicate this function using svn?
> 
> 	Following is a sample csup script I use to download a single port.
> 
> 
> 	  #! /bin/sh
> 	  # This script is used to download make files for ytree port.
> 
> 	  # Load script symbolic field with path & file name
> 	  cvsupfile=/root/temp.work.file
> 
> 	  # Check to see if file exists & delete it if it does
> 	  [ -e "$cvsupfile" ] && rm -f "$cvsupfile"
> 
> 	  # Load instream data to file
> 	  cat >> "$cvsupfile" <<EOD
> 	  *default  base=/usr                # create CVSup tree off /usr directory
> 	  *default  release=cvs
> 	  *default  delete use-rel-suffix    # no compression, for DSL or t1 lines
> 	  *default  host=cvsup11.FreeBSD.org #  Virginia
> 	  *default tag=.      # set tag value to nulls to get most current version
> 	  ports-misc
> 	  EOD
> 
> 	  # Exec csup to download just the selected port make files
> 	  cd /usr/ports/
> 	  csup -g -L 2 -i ports/misc/ytree "$cvsupfile"
> 
> 	  # Delete file we are done with it
> 	  rm -f "$cvsupfile"
> 
> 	  echo " Ytree port download completed."
> 
> I would do:
> 
> # cd /usr/ports
> # svn co svn://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/ports/head/ .
> 
> This will populate your ports tree.
> Then, you can update anything and everything,
> e.g. the whole ports tree:
> 
> # svn up /usr/ports
> 
> or just a single port:
> 
> # svn up /usr/ports/misc/ytree
> 
> I think it's way simpler than your current method.
> In my opinion, svn is way better (at least in this regard)
> than csup.
> 
> Other useful thing that is easy with svn is reverting
> port updates, e.g. when new ports don't build or give
> other problems. For example, right now the latest sudo
> doesn't work for me on ia64. So I do
> 
> # svn up /usr/ports
> # svn up -r302692 /usr/ports/security/sudo
> 
> to build an older working version of sudo.
> 
> Anton
> 
> 

You missed to whole point of my question.
I don't want to maintain the WHOLE ports tree.
I only want to download selected single port.
My current ports tree only has 2 ports, apache22 and php5.
So your reply did not answer my question.
Thanks any how.




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