Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:48:25 -0500 From: "Christofer C. Bell" <christofer.c.bell@gmail.com> To: Nan Xiao <nan@chinadtrace.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A question about using portsnanp to upgrade ports tree Message-ID: <CAOEVnYtCiruGKFiswt725V3s4bEWbD3WpAhes4SaOJP7fqERoQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2016061617295799990412@chinadtrace.org> References: <2016061617295799990412@chinadtrace.org>
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You will still need to do the extract. If you try to upgrade a ports tree that has not previously been installed by portsnap, it will give you an error message telling you to do an extract. On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:30 AM, Nan Xiao <nan@chinadtrace.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > Greetings from me! I have a question about using portsnap. > > After reading Using the Ports Collection in handbook, per my > understanding, if /usr/ports/* is not empty > after installing FreeBSD: > > /usr/ports # ls > .arcconfig Mk audio distfiles hebrew > multimedia print x11 > .gitignore README benchmarks dns hungarian > net russian x11-clocks > ..... > > I only need to use "portsnanp fetch update" to upgrade ports tree, no > necessary to do "portsnanp fetch extract". > > Is my understanding right? Thanks very much in advance! > > > > Best Regards > Nan Xiao (=E8=82=96=E6=A5=A0) > Skype: xiaonan19830818 > Jabber/XMPP: nanxiao@xmpp.ru.net > Telegram: nanxiao > Personal website (Chinese): http://nanxiao.me/ > Personal website (English): http://nanxiao.me/en > Chinese DTrace website: http://chinadtrace.org/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 Chris "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the Universe." -- Carl Sagan
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