Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:02:47 +0000 From: Joe Holden <joe@joeholden.co.uk> To: frzburn <frzburn@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsnap and cvsup for rebuilding world - Which one? Message-ID: <45EA44E7.1070907@joeholden.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <2942dae0703031923q2887c59dh85f103bff424e7b7@mail.gmail.com> References: <2942dae0703031923q2887c59dh85f103bff424e7b7@mail.gmail.com>
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frzburn wrote: > Hi everyone, > I'm a new FreeBSD user, but a veteran Linux user ;) > I'm using FreeBSD 6, and I was wondering while I gave a try to rebuilding > ``world'' how to properly synchronize my source. Here's what I mean: > > After my successful installation of FreeBSD, I looked on > www.bsdguides.orgfor some tips and... guides. So I learned how to > properly keep my port tree > updated with portsnap, with the help of this guide: > http://www.bsdguides.org/guides/freebsd/beginners/portsnap.php. It says > that > portsnap is the ``new'' method to keep your ports tree up to date. > > After that, I looked for how to update FreeBSD with the latest packages > from > the STABLE branch. So I looked at the handbook, in the section 21. The > section 21.3 ( > http://www.ca.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html) > tells us how to ``synchronize my source''. But it only talks about cvsup > (and others), not about portsnap. But cvsup is considered obsolete by > BSDGuides.org... > > So here come my questions: > Is portsnap syncing the sources correctly for rebuilding world, or must I > use cvsup? > If so, of what use is portsnap if I must use cvsup for synchronizing my > source? > > > In fact, I'm just looking at the most up-to-date/approved/correct > technique/tool to synchronize my source for ``rebuilding world'' with the > latest sources from FreeBSD-6-STABLE. > > Thanks a lot!! =) > > frzburn Portsnap is only for ports, and as far as I am aware, there are no plans to add source functionality. Either method does the job, what you choose is up to you. Thanks, Jhelp
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