From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 9 11:27:04 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88764106564A for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:27:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 406478FC0C for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:27:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TAffM-0007jp-99 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:27:04 +0200 Received: from p4fc54614.dip.t-dialin.net ([79.197.70.20]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:27:04 +0200 Received: from jumper99 by p4fc54614.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:27:04 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Helmut Schneider" Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:26:50 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <20120909130611.da2409e4.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p4fc54614.dip.t-dialin.net User-Agent: XanaNews/1.19.1.320 X-Ref: news.gmane.org ~XNS:0000005A X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 120909-0, 09.09.2012), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: svn and/or portsnap 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, 09 Sep 2012 11:27:04 -0000 Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:37:03 +0000 (UTC), Helmut Schneider wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm running a custom kernel so I (guess I) need svn in future to > > fetch sources instead of cvsup. Should I still use portsnap then > > for ports or also fetch them via svn? > > Ports and system sources are managed independently. You can > use whatever tool you want. The question should read: If I need to install svn anyway, is there an advantage of portsnap over svn to fetch ports. > Note that portsnap might not deliver the most current ports tree > for a given point in time. For "short time deltas", CVS has often > proven to be the better tool, but of course portsnap has significant > advantages (e. g. faster for longer pauses between ports > tree updates, better integration with "make update" target). > Depending on your updating habits, choose the tool that > works best for you. Currently I'm updating ports and src twice a day so I will keep using svn for both. Thanks.