Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:19:25 +0100 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@mypost.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Subject: Re: keeping freebsd uptodate - doubt Message-ID: <200502021819.26005.mark.rowlands@mypost.se> In-Reply-To: <16896.64238.660704.447338@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20050202144907.18974.qmail@web51709.mail.yahoo.com> <4200F87F.6070205@orchid.homeunix.org> <16896.64238.660704.447338@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Wednesday 02 February 2005 17:08, Robert Huff wrote: > Karol Kwiatkowski writes: > > Someone else should comment on that, but I think updating (cvsup) > > ports tree once a week should be often enough to track changes > > and rare enough to not overload mirrors. > > The other theory involves more frequent (i,e, daily) but > presumably smaller updates. > On the gripping hand ... I'm not convinced the mirrors are > in danger of overload except possibly at the end of a ports freeze. > > an alternative is to subscribe to freshports portswatch service and be notified of changes to your installed ports and update accordingly. fastest_cvsup (from the ports collection natch) can also be employed to locate the fastest cvsup server for you
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