From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 6 20:59:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D76BC16A418 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:59:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from kane.otenet.gr (kane.otenet.gr [195.170.0.77]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57D7113C4CC for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:59:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from aquarius.dyndns.org (athedsl-280452.home.otenet.gr [85.73.143.34]) by kane.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m06KxWG2000398 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 22:59:32 +0200 Message-ID: <47814134.9000605@otenet.gr> Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:59:32 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071231) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Question References: <47813CFF.5050401@gmail.com> <20080106154838.608e23c7@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20080106154838.608e23c7@scorpio> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [HOW-TO] cvsup for ports -- Re: compact portsnap db X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:59:34 -0000 Gerard wrote: > On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:41:35 -0500 > "Aryeh M. Friedman" wrote: > > [snip] > > >> 1. Csup is in the base system thus obvious preferred to either cvsup >> or portsnap >> > > Correct me if I am wrong; however, I thought that 'portsnap' was part > of the base system. > > Yes, portsnap is part of the base system, as is csup. csup and cvsup are equivalent unless you need to create a local repository (i.e. getting the RCS ,v files) which is not required for anyone simply wishing to use the ports tree for building apps. This feature is only available in cvsup. As for the OP, the tag to get the ports for FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE would be: RELEASE_6_2_0 This is mentioned in the handbook, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html (the paragraph text in A.7.2) but may be it is not clear enough, since all the examples that follow refer to the src tree tags (which start with RELENG)