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To: "Allan T. Parreno" <alpar@iloilo.fapenet.org>
Subject: Re: update the port collection
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[ On Friday, February 4, Allan T. Parreno wrote: ]
> hi,
> 
> how do i update the ports collection. I was running a FreeBSD 2.2.8
> stable. 
> 
> thank you.
> 

See the handbook section on "staying current with FreeBSD." It'll talk
about a program called CVSup. Use this program to update your source
tree (if you're now running 3.4-STABLE) and your ports tree. There is an
example "supfile" in /usr/share/examples/cvsup which will just sync
the ports tree.

-Jr

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