From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 29 18:33:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34D14106564A for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 18:33:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f159.google.com (mail-fx0-f159.google.com [209.85.220.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B519F8FC15 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 18:33:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fxm3 with SMTP id 3so1701256fxm.43 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 11:33:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=SDvALAAdcSQy7Y0bvnINhdh1toBfiBvZY2hcVzSZREs=; b=mqkrg762PWoZ59ZTc+AG4LJ/3nwnXCwUJyMG5DKyRnH0Upt8juY018VThodGb9z69N MA92v/KBh9FwUYC+kgCn5uyBJeSb9xbsz7EWDlH8rF5CdWJASC6NHfMBcUDvsHoP1s5P 77AMEqfDy5gO4qEZDeL9b+JigUtwrufN+8yKU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=M22TVXNMR3RHFSCTyTK7yQLTnF00M7DvNax2nuE8p/f45AGG3OYr2TesG5Afs/ENwp X0yj7VALnePIf7B+WqkxB0acWIyABhiMlZylr0eJlVQsVaUKlj0KysnBV4Xn7g82FsCQ ViLHHOKyKg/N/gBjCAUAAp6TFRKpOeayK4baw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.122.74 with SMTP id k10mr2608055bkr.129.1243620218086; Fri, 29 May 2009 11:03:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1243616981.26778.6.camel@bmac-desktop> References: <1243616981.26778.6.camel@bmac-desktop> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 14:03:37 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310905291103w5ca1a8c3h67a6005b91f8a10e@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: barry@pdc4u.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Michael Goodell , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: difference between cvsup and 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: Fri, 29 May 2009 18:33:25 -0000 Hi, Barry On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Barry McCormick wrote: > Here at my work we use FreeBSD in production. =A0We have the following > debate and wish to know better the differences between cvsup(csup) and > portsnap. =A0One of my co-workers think that portsnap should NOT be used > and only gets the latest and greatest port collection, no matter what > version =A0of FreeBSD is on the server. =A0 For example, if you are still > running a 5.4 stable box in production and use any of the portsnap, > portupgrade, etc utilities, you would pull the current version ports and > NOT from teh directory of the 5.4 ports. I.E, risk breaking the > production box. =A0So you should not use portsnap ever except for dev > boxes. > Either way, with 5.X being EOL'd, there is no guarantee current ports will work. > I have always used portsnap to set up a new machine. =A0I have never had > it pull a wrong port that I knew of. =A0I think it has to pay attention t= o > the version of the ports it is pulling. > > > which is right? =A0This is a major issue with our production servers. > Thanks > Neither one is "right", per se. However, if you use one, continue to use _that_one_ to avoid conflicts. --=20 Glen Barber