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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