From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 15 17:41:25 2010 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 D9DB2106564A for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:41:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eitanadlerlist@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f215.google.com (mail-fx0-f215.google.com [209.85.220.215]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69BF18FC08 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:41:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm7 with SMTP id 7so459831fxm.3 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:41:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=tXly+QiLY7mPsDqmbKHXFf3Nn/15LvTDMAWVqu8J87k=; b=U+++rIC4F+06E2gwATgSfwFInqgNqiG/zs81O6GoPXgMXJSXKdxVv89B1F7gx9E2tT /09NqTf7Pig+67xnHIXuUGhaFh3JKej3FlMDjoRxAU621TMxkLVrZS3QxAh8vUsHuE6H MfJpT6wlh1RulCiRYbk56gWogCraabXZ/oy80= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=rk9JWyt3J9GdsCoy/SH64ALqx+yeVd62v/VKi6meAGw90A9AoCYNoPyeflssgsX+eP q220d5LtLyqz/5KfnLUCq/+6aATxtvQi/C0Zf8vyug/Ngtkt7n1wntYk1a4FpaxjbCyw zSmJHUCYqPnk2S/zCXFVtCLPEyWlIz9pf9CwU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.165.9 with SMTP id v9mr873916hbd.152.1268674882617; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:41:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <93C575B79E9B01449EBBB084032BC5701248B8C0ED@mail.ucwv.edu> References: <93C575B79E9B01449EBBB084032BC5701248B8C0ED@mail.ucwv.edu> From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:41:02 +0200 Message-ID: To: mailinglist Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Portsnap vs cvsup 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: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:41:25 -0000 On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 7:08 PM, mailinglist wrote: > What is the difference between using portsnap and cvsupping a ports supfi= le? =A0The last time I really used FreeBSD was several years ago, but it se= ems that portsnap has replaced "cvsup ports-supfile". =A0What exactly is th= e difference between the two? =A0What makes portsnap the better option? http://www.daemonology.net/portsnap/ is a good summary. Basic idea: portsnap is more secure, faster, and easier to use cvsup tends to have updates a tad bit sooner