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Date:      Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:20:44 -0500
From:      Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>
To:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   What is the preferred method for updating ports now?
Message-ID:  <C837118D8018025B681180B9@localhost>

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I used to use cvsup.  Then I switched to portsnap.  Do I now need to switch 
to svn?  If so, is there a way to use svn to only update those ports that 
have changed since the last update?  I've been using svn for a while to 
work on port updates.  I know how to fetch the entire port infrastructure 
but not how to only update those ports that have changed.  Portsnap can be 
automated to keep ports up to date.  Is there a similar utility that uses 
svn instead?

Is portmaster going away any time soon?  Or is that now the preferred 
method for updating ports?  Is portupgrade going away?  (I no longer use it 
- just wondering.)

As a port maintainer, what tools do I use now that I've converted to pkgng? 
Do we still use portlint?  Or is there a new way to do that?

So many questions......

-- 
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
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medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson
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