using /etc/portsnap.conf

[Michael Ross]

On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:43:36 +0100, Fbsd8 <fbsd8 at a1poweruser.com> wrote:

> Walter Hurry wrote:
>> On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote:
>>
>>> When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the
>>> /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory?
>>  It will use /etc/portsnap.conf by default. No need for -f unless you  
>> need to use a different config file.
>>  By the way, in answer to your question in another thread, you don't  
>> have to extract the whole tree if you don't want to. Use 'portsnap  
>> fetch' the first time around, and then portsnap extract the port you  
>> want. See 'man portsnap', and remember to cater for the dependencies.
>>
>
> My /ect/portsnap.conf looks like this.
>
> # $FreeBSD: src/etc/portsnap.conf,v 1.5.2.1.2.1 2009/10/25 01:10:29  
> kensmith Exp $
>
> # Default directory where compressed snapshots are stored.
> # WORKDIR=/var/db/portsnap
>
> # Default location of the ports tree
> # (target for "update" and "extract").
> # PORTSDIR=/usr/ports
>
> # Server or server pool from which to fetch updates.  You can change
> # this to point at a specific server if you want, but in most cases
> # using a "nearby" server won't provide a measurable improvement in
> # performance.
> SERVERNAME=portsnap.FreeBSD.org
>
> # Trusted keyprint.  Changing this is a Bad Idea unless you've received
> # a PGP-signed email from <security-officer at FreeBSD.org> telling you to
> # change it and explaining why.
> KEYPRINT=9b5feee6d69f170e3dd0a2c8e469ddbd64f13f978f2f3aede40c98633216c330
>
> # List of INDEX files to build and the DESCRIBE file to use for each
> #INDEX INDEX-6 DESCRIBE.6
> #INDEX INDEX-7 DESCRIBE.7
> INDEX INDEX-8 DESCRIBE.8
>
> # Example of ignoring parts of the ports tree.  If you know that you
> # absolutely will not need certain parts of the tree, this will save
> # some bandwidth and disk space.  See the manual page for more details.
> #
> # WARNING: Working with an incomplete ports tree is not supported and
> # can cause problems due to missing dependencies.  If you have REFUSE
> # directives and experience problems, remove them and update your tree
> # before asking for help on the mailing lists.
> #
>   REFUSE arabic chinese french german hebrew hungarian japanese
>   REFUSE korean polish portuguese russian ukrainian vietnamese
> #
> # The following is complete list of all the port categories .
> #
> # REFUSE accessibility archivers astro audio benchmarks biology cad
> # REFUSE comms converters databases deskutils devel dns editors emulators
> # REFUSE finance ftp games graphics irc java lang mail math mbone misc
> # REFUSE multimedia net net-im net-mgmt net-p2p news palm ports-mgmt  
> print
> # REFUSE science security shells textproc www
> # REFUSE x11 x11-clocks x11-drivers x11-fm x11-fonts x11-servers
> # REFUSE x11-themes x11-toolkits x11-wm
> # REFUSE sysutils
> #
>   REFUSE accessibility archivers astro audio benchmarks biology cad
>   REFUSE comms converters databases deskutils devel dns editors emulators
>   REFUSE finance ftp games graphics irc java lang mail math mbone misc
>   REFUSE multimedia net net-im net-mgmt net-p2p news palm ports-mgmt  
> print
>   REFUSE science security shells textproc www
>   REFUSE x11 x11-clocks x11-drivers x11-fm x11-fonts x11-servers
>   REFUSE x11-themes x11-toolkits x11-wm
> # REFUSE sysutils
>
> This should only populate /usr/ports/sysutils
>
> But its not being used because everything is being populated in  
> /usr/ports.
>
> I do portsnap fetch followed by portsnap extract
>
> What am I doing wrong here?
>
> I even tried portsnap extract -f /etc/portsnap.conf with no joy.
>

Just guessing:

Try without the spaces at the beginning of the REFUSE lines?



Michael