From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 12 08:01:21 2012 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 91B041065672 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:01:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5176B8FC1B for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:01:20 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=lvVElpBz8pbVbuzRh0tsqaRZvAmArRh4UXzQjPcvUnY= c=1 sm=0 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=uuHYD8qHUAAwRIuLHhsA:9 a=AcdsImxJPJ9Yo6Ye3TGm+Q==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp02.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 74.134.34.76 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.134.34.76] ([74.134.34.76:53467] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.40 r(29895/29896)) with ESMTP id 52/A9-00499-DA040505; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:58:38 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:58:37 -0400 Message-ID: <52.A9.00499.DA040505@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Polytropon , Helmut Schneider 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: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:01:21 -0000 Regarding my question, How do you get the ports tree or svn in that case if not using portsnap? Helmut Schneider had two suggestions: > You install ports from CD/DVD. Or use pkg_add -r subversion. :) > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ I guess I could use the latter and then build subversion among other ports, then subsequently switch to svn. This would also work, I would guess, if ports tree is installed by bsdinstall or sysinstall. Question arises whether the ports tree as downloaded in tarball by ftp would be compatible/in sync with portsnap or svn. If in any doubt, either delete /usr/ports/* or move to /usr/ports-by-ftp and then restart fresh with svn. I noticed the FreeBSD Handbook ports section was not up-to-date on the use of subversion with the ports tree. Maybe with subversion now being elevated in importance for updating system source code and ports tree, it could become part of the base system. Tom