Documenting problems with incorrect cvsup use (Re: Can't build gimp port)

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 10:23:42AM -0500, Stephen Hilton wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 05:31:48 -0700
> Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 01:25:38AM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > 
> > > > I do not know what file to patch. May be you can tell me?
> > > > And this does not depend on FreeBSD version. I tried to install this 
> > > > port on 4.8 and 5.1 and got the same result.
> > > 
> > > Remove /usr/ports/graphics/gimp1, then re-cvsup your ports tree.  After
> > > that, you should be set.
> > 
> > This is most likely because you installed the ports collection using
> > sysinstall, and then updated it using cvsup without first "adopting"
> > the existing sources as explained in the cvsup FAQ on
> > http://www.polstra.com - failing to do so can leave behind orphaned
> > files that have been removed from the ports collection.  See Q12 and
> > Q13 for more information.
> 
> 
> Kris,
> 
> I was wondering why the cvsupchk Python script is not mentioned 
> more in regards to a munged up src or ports tree ? 

Not sure, but that seems like good advice.

This should all be written up in the FreeBSD handbook instead of the
external cvsup faq.  Any takers?

Kris
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