Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:28:50 +0200 From: "devnull@plugthebox.net" <devnull@plugthebox.net> To: David Stanford <dthomas53@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Debian apt-get / FreeBSD ports Message-ID: <1138138130.3877.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <f2c91f770601241017s4d5c094eifc1c11f84c01044c@mail.gmail.com> References: <1138124395.3877.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <f2c91f770601241017s4d5c094eifc1c11f84c01044c@mail.gmail.com>
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--=-E0wMcqaOEyP5K5VKEZie Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks to everybody, i'll check it out -- devnull@plugthebox.net <devnull@plugthebox.net> --=-E0wMcqaOEyP5K5VKEZie Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: Forwarded message - Re: Debian apt-get / FreeBSD ports Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> X-Original-To: devnull@plugthebox.net Delivered-To: devnull@plugthebox.net Received: from anthrax.plugthebox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by anthrax.plugthebox.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B96867CC06B for <devnull@plugthebox.net>; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:25:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: by anthrax.plugthebox.net (Postfix, from userid 65534) id A5EC77CC109; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:25:10 +0000 (GMT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on anthrax.plugthebox.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by anthrax.plugthebox.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0A187CC06B for <devnull@plugthebox.net>; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:25:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D15492EE0; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:45:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E55916A42D; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:45:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42F3716A41F for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:44:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dthomas53@gmail.com) Received: from uproxy.gmail.com (uproxy.gmail.com [66.249.92.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61D3943D45 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:44:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dthomas53@gmail.com) Received: by uproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id o2so35893uge for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:44:45 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=gml1UoP5HppqouOBdaxDSkDi948U0LAZkfczjYlpIv3uuin1WYdDp+sOX+YBqKpDJs/hVDOe90cS0LPTywuhfaGO2x/bKsDrAc3W5riPXCZdV2JBIu4bM4CgdPQjv8vRenELXhUHAFomrBEq+6hG1Frevl6lUd20bc0nlDM5Fzk= Received: by 10.66.251.2 with SMTP id y2mr129445ugh; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:17:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.248.12 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:17:25 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <f2c91f770601241017s4d5c094eifc1c11f84c01044c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:17:25 -0500 From: David Stanford <dthomas53@gmail.com> To: "devnull@plugthebox.net" <devnull@plugthebox.net> In-Reply-To: <1138124395.3877.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1138124395.3877.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Debian apt-get / FreeBSD ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The traditional way is to use CVSup<http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html>, but I prefer portsnap. <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/portsnap.html>; -David On 1/24/06, devnull@plugthebox.net <devnull@plugthebox.net> wrote: > > Hello, > I come from a Debian background, i normally 'apt-get update' the list of > the packages that apt-get mirrors serve before 'apt-get install'ing any > package. Is there anything like that while using FreeBSD ports? If no, > How does ports know what are the versions of the latest packages? > > thanks, > Sincerely, > -- > devnull@plugthebox.net <devnull@plugthebox.net> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=-E0wMcqaOEyP5K5VKEZie--
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