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Date:      Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:39:24 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org>
To:        Jay Chandler <lists@sequestered.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Portsnap -- update claims "up to date" but it's not.
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.0.99999.0712260139070.45340@prime.gushi.org>
In-Reply-To: <4771E0A0.60008@sequestered.net>
References:  <20071225234859.F75015@prime.gushi.org> <4771E0A0.60008@sequestered.net>

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On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Jay Chandler wrote:

> Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:
>> Maybe I'm just doing this completely wrong:
>> 
>> prime# portsnap update
>> Ports tree is already up to date.
>> prime# portsnap fetch
>> Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found.
>> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap3.FreeBSD.org... done.
>> Fetching snapshot metadata... done.
>> Updating from Mon Nov 12 18:16:16 EST 2007 to Tue Dec 25 21:36:54 EST 2007.
>> Fetching 4 metadata patches... done.
>> Applying metadata patches... done.
>> Fetching 4 metadata files...
>> [and so on]
>> 
>> Am I using this thing wrong?
>> 
>> -Dan
>
> Yup.  'portsnap fetch update' is the command I use-- the reverse order that 
> you're using 'em in.

Shouldn't I just need one of the two?

-Dan

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