using /etc/portsnap.conf

[Fbsd8]

Michael Ross wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 

Thanks that was it.
Sometimes your to close to the trees to see the forest.