From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 4 04:29:27 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42C7916A400 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 04:29:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from allbery@ece.cmu.edu) Received: from bache.ece.cmu.edu (BACHE.ECE.CMU.EDU [128.2.129.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 222BE13C471 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 04:29:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from allbery@ece.cmu.edu) Received: from [10.9.204.128] (dsl093-061-215.pit1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.61.215]) by bache.ece.cmu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72C3529C; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 22:57:04 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <2942dae0703031923q2887c59dh85f103bff424e7b7@mail.gmail.com> References: <2942dae0703031923q2887c59dh85f103bff424e7b7@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <7358E9CA-7FAA-461D-B0F0-16A3DEBEA59C@ece.cmu.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 22:57:02 -0500 To: frzburn X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsnap and cvsup for rebuilding world - Which one? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:29:27 -0000 On Mar 3, 2007, at 22:23 , frzburn wrote: > So here come my questions: > Is portsnap syncing the sources correctly for rebuilding world, or > must I > use cvsup? > If so, of what use is portsnap if I must use cvsup for > synchronizing my > source? It's a little out of date; instead of cvsup, you use csup which is in the base system (and only supports updating the base system, hence portsnap). -- brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] allbery@kf8nh.com system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH