Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 08:33:49 -0200 From: Renato Botelho <garga@FreeBSD.org> To: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about updating src & ports Message-ID: <1B021B94-2953-4164-B86F-A82396A5AB17@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CALM2mEm24Dx=HPfczjbhhVHo8Cok%2BrHAkRpihNbSEfJR_3P7vA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALM2mEm24Dx=HPfczjbhhVHo8Cok%2BrHAkRpihNbSEfJR_3P7vA@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 29 Dec 2016, at 08:11, blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > Howdy >=20 > I went through the process of building world for the first time, that = was > interesting but I got it. svn clean up prior object files, build = world, > kernel, etc. >=20 > Okay that part is fine >=20 > I have a question about keeping ports up to date, in the past I did > portsnap fetch update to update the ports but since I totally deleted = all > the ports and used svn checkout to get the latest ports. >=20 > Can I mix portsnap fetch update or should I just continue to use svn = update > /usr/ports If you download ports tree using =E2=80=98portsnap fetch extract=E2=80=99 = you can keep using =E2=80=98portsnap fetch update=E2=80=99 to update it. = If you download ports tree using =E2=80=98svn checkout =E2=80=A6=E2=80=99,= then you should use =E2=80=98svn up=E2=80=99. IMO, portsnap is the easiest way. -- Renato Botelho
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