From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 25 21:33:45 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C410116A417; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:33:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from mail5out.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F2C413C4D1; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:33:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: by mail5out.barnet.com.au (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3B1632219D35; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:33:44 +1100 (EST) X-Viruscan-Id: <4749EA3800006091F118C3@BarNet> Received: from mail5auth.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail5auth.barnet.com.au", Issuer "*.barnet.com.au" (verified OK)) by mail5.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0011521B1627; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:33:43 +1100 (EST) Received: from k7.mavetju (k7.mavetju.org [10.251.1.18]) by mail5auth.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 289162219D21; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:33:43 +1100 (EST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D6640248; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:33:39 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:33:39 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Alex Dupre Message-ID: <20071125213339.GB57513@k7.mavetju> References: <4747A1FB.9000707@FreeBSD.org> <4747E337.7060400@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4747E337.7060400@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Doug Barton , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Idea about the ports tree included in the release X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:33:45 -0000 On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 09:39:19AM +0100, Alex Dupre wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: > > In thinking about the guy who posted to -stable about using the tar'ed > > up version of the ports tree, I had an idea that would make that more > > useful. How hard would it be to include the c[v]sup checkouts file > > with the tarball, and install it into some standard location? > > And why not the portsnap database instead? It seems the > default/recommended method today. That would save me 42Mb to download each time :-P But euhm.. it should only be installed on systems which are installed cleanly, not on systems being upgraded via cdrom images. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/