From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 2 17:19:19 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEFCF16A4CE for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:19:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp2.bahnhof.se (smtp2.bahnhof.se [213.80.101.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BF7443D41 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:19:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark.rowlands@mypost.se) Received: from mfilter2.bahnhof.se (mail.bahnhof.se [213.136.33.1]) by re-injector-s2.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id F359D89A12; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:19:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (mfilter2.local [127.0.0.1]) by re-injector2.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB7B7AA522; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:19:17 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp4.bahnhof.se ([213.136.33.1]) by localhost (mfilter2.bahnhof.se [10.0.1.22]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27123-01-2; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:19:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from pcmarpxy.mwrwin2k.se (81-170-150-191.bahnhofbredband.net [81.170.150.191]) by smtp4.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9CF8195A09; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:19:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost.mwrwin2k.se [127.0.0.1]) by pcmarpxy.mwrwin2k.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF643AC80B; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:19:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from pcmarpxy.mwrwin2k.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pcmarpxy.mwrwin2k.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 78065-02; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:19:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost.mwrwin2k.se (localhost.mwrwin2k.se [127.0.0.1]) by pcmarpxy.mwrwin2k.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id D009FAC807; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:19:26 +0100 (CET) From: Mark Rowlands To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:19:25 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <20050202144907.18974.qmail@web51709.mail.yahoo.com> <4200F87F.6070205@orchid.homeunix.org> <16896.64238.660704.447338@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <16896.64238.660704.447338@jerusalem.litteratus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200502021819.26005.mark.rowlands@mypost.se> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bahnhof.se cc: Robert Huff Subject: Re: keeping freebsd uptodate - doubt X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: mark.rowlands@mypost.se List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:19:20 -0000 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