Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:31:56 +0100 From: Andrei Brezan <andrei693@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to update ports tree indexes when using svn Message-ID: <50C6FD8C.7080804@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.wo3yauis8527sy@ronaldradial.versatec.local> References: <28991355150396@web18f.yandex.ru> <op.wo3yauis8527sy@ronaldradial.versatec.local>
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On 12/10/2012 4:50 PM, Ronald Klop wrote: > On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:39:56 +0100, S.N.Grigoriev > <serguey-grigoriev@yandex.ru> wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> after the security announcement >> (http://www.freebsd.org/news/2012-compromise.html) I use svn to >> update my local ports tree. I've found out that the port index is not >> updated. What is the preferred/recommended way to update port indexes >> when using svn? > > Unless you are a ports committer I recommend you use portsnap to > update your ports tree. It takes care of the INDEX file too. > > Ronald. > _______________________________________________ > One reason to use svn over portsnap would be that you can do a port downgrade if needed. Before we had ports-mgmt/portdowngrade for this but that relies on CVS which is no longer supported. Maybe there's another way that I'm missing. -- Andrei
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