Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:27:29 +1030 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Best time to sync ports? Message-ID: <123a0953-6b86-54d0-a76c-acf78d4cfdd4@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <d8dfa32f-f42b-29d0-4626-070b4d9dd221@dreamchaser.org> References: <d8dfa32f-f42b-29d0-4626-070b4d9dd221@dreamchaser.org>
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On 15/11/2016 02:35, Gary Aitken wrote: > Can someone tell me what the best time to synchronize ports is, > in terms of having a consistent ports tree? > > I thought I saw something about the end of the weekend was the best > time, but I can't find it now. In any case, is there a period during > which the ports tree is held frozen to get a consistent build? > > I try not to rebuild any ports once I get an environment that works > across all apps I am using. I'm reluctant to rebuild anything unless > necessary to correct a problem / bug. > > When I encounter a problem with a port I want to sync the ports tree and > rebuild before reporting a bug, but when I do that I want the ports tree > to be consistent enough to build (hopefully) everything in case that's > necessary. There is a stable branch of ports created quarterly that only receives security and build fixes. https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports-announce/2014-April/000079.html Using pkg, alter /usr/local/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf to use pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/quarterly instead of pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest using svn look at https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/branches/ for a list of available quarterly branches. -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Software Developing Shane Ambler
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