Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:04:16 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Chris Slothouber <chris@hier7.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some questions from a newcomer Message-ID: <20070310160416.GA42869@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <45F2D05D.5060503@hier7.com> References: <bae323940703100623p126ad129t9a247a0f33cc6dd7@mail.gmail.com> <45F2C73C.1090500@rogers.com> <45F2D05D.5060503@hier7.com>
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--ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 10:35:57AM -0500, Chris Slothouber wrote: >=20 > Mike Jakubik wrote: > >Daniel Mouritsen wrote: > >You don't need the developer packages to compile or use the ports. I=20 > >would recommend you choose the basic user option instead. > > > >>Also, i was wondering, i tried playing around with portsnap, but dear= =20 > >>lord > >>it was slow :D I tried googling for European mirrors close to me, but i > >>haven't had much success, any help with finding a faster portsnap server > >>would be much appreciated > > > >You may want to try cvsup instead. >=20 > net/cvsup-without-gui is probably the port you'd want to use. Check out= =20 A rewrite in C of the cvsup program, called 'csup' is in the base system in 6.2, so you don't really need this port. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF8tcAEnfvsMMhpyURArm8AJwIniS9bc3OJpVxyNLoQ5caEAt5ZgCfQh2J bhdEBxFkbceL5s+NjR6qdN4= =zhUM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW--
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