From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 21 10:50:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EF27106568B for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:50:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.bzerk.org [82.95.223.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DEBF8FC60 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:50:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n7LAAv1r069866; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:10:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n7LAAvQX069865; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:10:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:10:57 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot To: "b. f." Message-ID: <20090821101057.GA69673@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , "b. f." , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ei.bzerk.org X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (ei.bzerk.org [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:11:01 +0200 (CEST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation sequence X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:50:18 -0000 On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 01:29:26AM +0000, b. f. typed: > Lane Holcombe wrote: > > >Here's what you do: Setup for yourself a local cvs repository like so: > > > >portinstall -Pp net/cvsup-mirror > > > >You have to make decisions about what to mirror, but in the end you will > >have a semi-authoritative mirror of all the source and ports for the > >whole dang FreeBSD development tree, that will maintain itself and be > >ready when you need it. > > It's good advice to make sure that you are using a base system and > ports tree that are up-to-date, or at least contemporaneous and from a > stable snapshot. But it seems to me to be overkill to ask someone who > is having trouble installing ports to mirror the FreeBSD repository. > Snapshots downloaded per the instructions in the FreeBSD Handbook > ought to be enough for most people. Besides, an uptodate portstree is no guarantee at all that all ports will compile and/or all dependencies will work. That's why there are periods of ports freeze before every RELEASE. On a desktop system, I tend to use binary packages only, coming with the release. Ruben