On 07/05/2013 at 8:55 PM, "Erich Dollansky" <erichsfreebsdl...@alogt.com> wrote: > >Hi, > >On Fri, 05 Jul 2013 20:38:07 -0700 >bsd-li...@hush.com wrote: > >> Greetings, >> Well after posting a couple of questions to the list regarding >> questions I had before migrating from (cv)sup to subversion, I >took >> the leap: >> >> mv /usr/src/ /usr/src.old/ >> >> mkdir /usr/src >> >> mv /usr/ports/ /usr/ports.old/ >> >> mkdir /usr/ports >> >> rm -fr /var/db/sup/* >> rm -fr /var/db/portsnap/* >> >> svn checkout svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/8 /usr/src >> >> svn checkout svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head /usr/ports >> >> I then performed a portmaster -a >> >> which left me with a non-working X desktop. >> Turned out to be a problem with the Nvidia driver -- was 2.9.40, >now >> 3.10.14. But loading it in loader.conf didn't create >/dev/nvidia0, >> or /dev/nvidiactl To make a long story short, I attempted to >update >> my src && ports, and try agaiin; >> >> svn update svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head /usr/ports >> FAILED! I don't have the exact output >> So I tried: >> cd /usr/ports >> svn update >> Which replied: >> svn: E155036: Please see the 'svn upgrade' command >> svn: E155036: The working copy at '/usr/ports' >> is too old (format 29) to work with client version '1.8.0 >> (r1490375)' (expects f ormat 31). You need to upgrade the working >> copy first. > >you need a big pipe for svn. I also do not understand why a >program is >not able to handle a format change automatically. >> >> So I guess subversion isn't (yet) designed for this sort of >stuff, >> which leaves me with a useless box. :( > >What did I say a long time ago? It takes time to get this up but >not a >cut-off date.
Grrrr... Memory like yours, should be illegal. :) > >Erich >> >> Thank you for all your time, and consideration. >> >> --chris >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"