Re: (cvsup newbie questions)

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:13:05 -0800, Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > IIRC, pkgtools.conf only works with the pkgtools apps, like portupgrade. > I don't think it works with making the port from the tree itself (like > if you cd to the folder and make install clean), but options you use in > bui

Re: (cvsup newbie questions)

On Monday 20 December 2004 06:08 am, Joshua Lokken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:09:00 -0600, Nikolas Britton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joshua Tinnin wrote: > > >Well, if you build a port with make options once, then it will > > > remember your make options. Otherwise,

Re: (cvsup newbie questions)

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:09:00 -0600, Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joshua Tinnin wrote: > > > > > > >Well, if you build a port with make options once, then it will remember > >your make options. Otherwise, you can enter make arguments > >in /etc/pkgtools.conf, although this only help

Re: (cvsup newbie questions)

Joshua Tinnin wrote: Well, if you build a port with make options once, then it will remember your make options. Otherwise, you can enter make arguments in /etc/pkgtools.conf, although this only helps if you know what arguments the ports you're installing might need. What do you mean it "reme

Re: cvsup newbie questions

On Friday 17 December 2004 21:11, Kevin Smith wrote: > I'm interested in upgrading to gnome 2.8 (and possibly the newer > releases of other applications) Gnome is one of the most troublesome metaports to upgrade. See for advice on upgrading. __

Re: cvsup newbie questions

On Dec 18, 2004, at 12:43 AM, Kevin Smith wrote: Thanks for the tips. For the moment, I'm leaving the OS sources alone and I'm updating the ports collection because my goal is to update gnome to version 2.8. The OS seems to be fine - although I'm sure there are additional bug fixes I can benef

Re: cvsup newbie questions

On Saturday 18 December 2004 01:20 am, Toomas Aas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin Smith wrote: > > 1) is there a test utility that I can run that will tell me which > > cvsup mirror server will be fastest ? I did this the manual way by > > pinging a few and looking at the ave times coming back

Re: cvsup newbie questions

Kevin Smith wrote: 1) is there a test utility that I can run that will tell me which cvsup mirror server will be fastest ? I did this the manual way by pinging a few and looking at the ave times coming back. There's a port out there called fastest_cvsup which is supposed to do exactly that. Per

Re: cvsup newbie questions

Thanks for the tips. For the moment, I'm leaving the OS sources alone and I'm updating the ports collection because my goal is to update gnome to version 2.8. The OS seems to be fine - although I'm sure there are additional bug fixes I can benefit from - but I'm a little scared to go through

Re: cvsup newbie questions

is that, while it's frustrating sometimes to scrutinize all the ports in a meta-port, or even all the installed ports on your system, it's a good idea to know what's going on with your system, particularly before you make changes to it by installing software. - jt > >

Re: cvsup newbie questions

now a days? -Original Message- From: Nikolas Britton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:17 PM To: Tom Connolly Cc: 'Joshua Lokken'; 'Kevin Smith'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cvsup newbie questions Tom Connolly wrote: [snip] If you want to

Re: cvsup newbie questions

Whoops ... I misunderstood you ... On Friday 17 December 2004 02:58 pm, Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 17 December 2004 01:11 pm, Kevin Smith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, if I am just interested in the latest fixes/version for > > applications running on 5.3-Release

Re: cvsup newbie questions

On Friday 17 December 2004 01:11 pm, Kevin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm interested in upgrading to gnome 2.8 (and possibly the newer > releases of other applications)...I'm running the following version > of freebsd: > > 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 >

RE: cvsup newbie questions

TED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:17 PM To: Tom Connolly Cc: 'Joshua Lokken'; 'Kevin Smith'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cvsup newbie questions Tom Connolly wrote: >[snip] >If you want to install the latest version of gnome, you should cvsup >the ports tree (por

Re: cvsup newbie questions

Tom Connolly wrote: [snip] If you want to install the latest version of gnome, you should cvsup the ports tree (ports-all), then cd into the directory for the gnome meta-port (it builds gnome and alot of associated apps) and build it, like so: # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 # make install clean ther

RE: cvsup newbie questions

[snip] If you want to install the latest version of gnome, you should cvsup the ports tree (ports-all), then cd into the directory for the gnome meta-port (it builds gnome and alot of associated apps) and build it, like so: # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 # make install clean Go away on a vacation fo

Re: cvsup newbie questions

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:11:18 -0800, Kevin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm interested in upgrading to gnome 2.8 (and possibly the newer > releases of other applications)...I'm running the following version of > freebsd: > > 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 > [

cvsup newbie questions

I'm interested in upgrading to gnome 2.8 (and possibly the newer releases of other applications)...I'm running the following version of freebsd: 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 In starting to learn cvsup,