Re: Error compiling cvsup in 3.1

[Ben Goren <ben_(_at_)_trumpetpower_(_dot_)_com>]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 05:11:25PM -0700, Alhagie Puye wrote:

> Can anyone  help me  with this  please? I need  to get  this box
> going?

First, a bit of patience is in order. You sent the original just a
few hours ago.  misc@ isn't a for-pay helpdesk with  a contract to
provide resolution  within so many  hours; it's a bunch  of people
who like OpenBSD and like  solving interesting problems related to
OpenBSD. If your problem really can't wait, expect to pay somebody
for help. A good place to find such a person:

    http://openbsd.trumpetpower.com/support.html

> > I just upgraded to 3.1 (new install)

...so is it safe to assume that the system itself is running okay?

> > This is  the error message I'm  getting when I try  to compile
> > cvsup:

A few  things come  to mind. The  first is  that, whenever  I have
problems  with  ports,  the  first  thing I  do  is  get  a  fresh
copy. It'd be very worth your  while nuking the cvsup directory in
ports and using CVS to check out a new one.

As  always, make  certain  that  the version  of  your ports  tree
matches the  version of  your system. Don't  use a  -current ports
tree on a -stable system, etc.

It's not  a bad  idea to  get a  fresh copy  of the  cvsup sources
either. You  can either  manually delete  the relevant  files from
/usr/ports/distfiles or (check  the docs on me for  this) use make
REFETCH=true (or something very similar).

If all of that fails--if your  system itself is stable, your ports
tree is clean and in synch, etc.--then the next step is to ask

    $ grep MAINTAINER /usr/ports/net/cvsup/Makefile
    MAINTAINER=     Christian Weisgerber <naddy_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org>

Christian what's up. He's a pretty  responsive guy, but he can get
busy at times. If  you don't hear back from him  after a few days,
then you should direct your  question to ports_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org (but be
sure to subscribe for a while, first).

Finally, I have to wonder if you really need cvsup at all. FreeBSD
people tend to  prefer cvsup, but OpenBSD folk just  use plain ol'
CVS.  It's simpler and more  flexible (but cvsup certainly has its
uses!).  Read:

    http://openbsd.trumpetpower.com/anoncvs.html

for details, but the quick-n-dirty summary:

    cd /usr && cvs co -rOPENBSD_3_1 ports
        to get the latest stable ports tree if it doesn't exist

    cd /usr/ports/net && rm -r cvsup && cvs up -rOPENBSD_3_1 -PAd
        to nuke and re-fetch cvsup from the previous

Cheers,

b&

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