From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jun 17 05:44:36 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7FE4A781F6 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2016 05:44:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@sliderule.demon.co.uk) Received: from smtp.demon.co.uk (mdfmta005.mxout.tch.inty.net [91.221.169.46]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C60C285A for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2016 05:44:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@sliderule.demon.co.uk) Received: from smtp.demon.co.uk (unknown [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mdfmta005.tch.inty.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A0718D05E for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2016 06:38:14 +0100 (BST) Received: from mdfmta009.tch.inty.net (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mdfmta009.tch.inty.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBB4D128124 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2016 06:37:58 +0100 (BST) Received: from mdfmta009.tch.inty.net (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mdfmta009.tch.inty.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EE0F1280E8 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2016 06:37:58 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.254.7] (unknown [80.177.21.188]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mdfmta009.tch.inty.net (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2016 06:37:58 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: A question about using portsnanp to upgrade ports tree To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <2016061617295799990412@chinadtrace.org> From: Steve Burton Message-ID: <76c65abc-0c59-6798-58e6-bc53a6b18885@sliderule.demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 06:38:07 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2016061617295799990412@chinadtrace.org> X-MDF-HostID: 22 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 05:44:36 -0000 On 16/06/2016 10:30, Nan Xiao 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 (肖楠) > 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" Hi, you need to run 'portsnap fetch update' once only to populate the ports. Thereafter, run 'portsnap fetch update' to keep them up to date. Steve.