From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Nov 15 00:57:32 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 8B49FC30FC6 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:57:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from FreeBSD@shaneware.biz) Received: from ipmail07.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail07.adl2.internode.on.net [150.101.137.131]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ACA716B7 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:57:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from FreeBSD@shaneware.biz) Received: from ppp121-45-17-13.bras1.adl2.internode.on.net (HELO leader.local) ([121.45.17.13]) by ipmail07.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 15 Nov 2016 11:27:30 +1030 Subject: Re: Best time to sync ports? To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org, FreeBSD Mailing List References: From: Shane Ambler Message-ID: <123a0953-6b86-54d0-a76c-acf78d4cfdd4@ShaneWare.Biz> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:27:29 +1030 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:57:32 -0000 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