From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 11 08:36:52 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E93DF10656A5 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:36:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A49E88FC14 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:36:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TBLxd-0002xG-Pt for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:36:45 +0200 Received: from p4fc54b76.dip.t-dialin.net ([79.197.75.118]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:36:45 +0200 Received: from jumper99 by p4fc54b76.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:36:45 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Helmut Schneider" Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:36:29 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <45.E0.00499.C13FE405@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p4fc54b76.dip.t-dialin.net User-Agent: XanaNews/1.19.1.194 X-Ref: news.gmane.org ~XNS:00000047 Subject: Re: svn and/or portsnap 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: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:36:53 -0000 Thomas Mueller wrote: > On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:37:03 +0000 (UTC), Helmut Schneider wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm running a custom kernel so I (guess I) need svn in future to > > fetch sources instead of cvsup. Should I still use portsnap then > > for ports or also fetch them via svn? > > Polytropon responded: > > > Ports and system sources are managed independently. You can > > use whatever tool you want. Note that portsnap might not > > deliver the most current ports tree for a given point in > > time. For "short time deltas", CVS has often proven to be > > the better tool, but of course portsnap has significant > > advantages (e. g. faster for longer pauses between ports > > tree updates, better integration with "make update" target). > > Depending on your updating habits, choose the tool that > > works best for you. > > One question comes up that I didn't think of immediately. > > How do you use svn on a fresh install of FreeBSD, no ports yet? You install ports from CD/DVD. Or use pkg_add -r subversion. :) > svn/subversion is not part of the base system. > > How do you get the ports tree or svn in that case if not using > portsnap? ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/