Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 13:19:08 -0500 (EST) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: staying current with ports... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911061317050.55402-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911061325020.700-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Hi, On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Is cvsupping ports the same as DLing the 7 meg .tgz file with > the ports collection in it? Is this a first time installation of ports or are you just trying to update? If it's a first time installation of the ports tree, then yes they're the same. If not, you are MUCH better off using CVSup - making the tree is slow (see previous threads about Linux able to untarball things faster) due to the way FBSD tries to be smart about making the tree. CVSup will only update the ports tree files that need updating, just like it does when you CVSup the source. Brett ***************************************************** Dr. Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * Dept of Chem and Physics * Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics * Walker 234 (540) 831-5410 * ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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