is csup broken?

[Fbsd8]

Polytropon wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:14:17 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote:
>> Been using same script for years to fetch selected port files.
>> Today I get error message
>> Unknown collection "ports-sysutils"
>>
>> Running 9.1 and this worked in 2012
> 
> Maybe this is related to the removal of CVS-related services
> for obtaining src and ports?
> 
> Have you tried checking out via SVN which now is the desired
> default method (even though it's not integrated in the base
> install and the "make" scripting mechanism)?
> 
> 
> 

This is a catch 22 problem.

How can I use svn when it's not part of the 9.1 base release?
Have to csup it down first and csup is broken.

Really between a rock and a hard place.

What the heck are the Freebsd officials doing?

They really mucked up 9.1 release big time.