Hi!

Yes that where it was at, but it would finally say "Error reached end 
of file on CVS server"  or something to that effect :)

Thanks for the info though!

cYa
Brady

> Where abouts in the x11 dir.  If it was on the x11/xwrits then it was
> probably running back through the pkgsrc tree deleting empty dirs,
> this takes time.  It hasn't actually hung.
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris
> 
> On Thursday 08 November 2001 00:29, Brady 'C-Man' Owens wrote:
> > I will try that.
> >
> > But I downloaded the most recent pkgsrc.tar.gz they said it was
> > updated every week, but maybe not :)
> >
> > I did try a CVS update before and it halted when it got into the x11
> > stuff.  I wish I could just exclude x11
> >
> > Thankx
> > Brady
> >
> > > I'm betting the pkgsrc.tar.gz is out of date. If you can, use
> > > anonymous CVS to get the pkgsrc stuff, that's what I ended up
> > > doing recently.
> > >
> > > http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/current/
> > >
> > > Follow the instructions as per current but rather then checking
> > > out src or syssrc you'd checkout pkgsrc
> > >
> > > cvs checkout -P pkgsrc
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Nigel
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 08:13:27PM -2800, Brady 'C-Man' Owens
> > > wrote: > Hello! > > I'm new to the list, and heard this was a good
> > > resource of
> > >
> > > > information. > I been using FreeBSD for a little over a year and
> > >
> > > recently decided > to try nBSD for my FTP server. > > Everything
> > > so far has went well, or at least to the point I could fix it >
> > > and understand what was going on.  But the problem I have >
> > > encountered that I can't figure out is with the ports/packages >
> > > collection.  When I get the pkgsrc.tar.gz, I decompress it into
> > > the > /usr directory then go to what I would like to compile and
> > > add, for > instance I been trying to get bash2 compiled and added
> > > as well as a > few other programs.  But every one I try fails with
> > > the error relating > to the PLIST in the directory; saying "Error:
> > > don't know how to make > PLIST"
> > >
> > > > > Could someone help me out and tell me what I might or might
> > > > > not be
> > > >
> > > > doing?  Or is there something I might be missing? > > Thankx! >
> > >
> > > Brady >
> > >
> > > --
>