Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:31:03 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: cothrige <cothrige@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie questions about updating Message-ID: <441wdav3nc.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <adb998e60709070853w3b310d55i244f86c00bada9e7@mail.gmail.com> (cothrige@gmail.com's message of "Fri\, 7 Sep 2007 10\:53\:09 -0500") References: <adb998e60709062235y629b7eedjd9e00de98432c313@mail.gmail.com> <46E0ED32.4020409@pacific.net.sg> <adb998e60709070853w3b310d55i244f86c00bada9e7@mail.gmail.com>
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cothrige <cothrige@gmail.com> writes: > Sorry. What I really had in mind was the ports tree itself, which I > had an option during install to add. BTW, I answered yes to this and > so had that which was on the 6.2 install disc. Based on the other > responses, it is looking like perhaps that is not the best method, and > maybe I should have skipped that and then added the ports after the > install using cvsup or such. This is certainly a good thing to know > for the future, though as of right now I am dealing with the disc > install method. That works fine, but to save yourself a bit of annoyance later, see the cvsup FAQ for how to "adopt" that ports tree before trying to update it.
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