From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 4 04:02:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8A5F16A401 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 04:02:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@joeholden.co.uk) Received: from gabriella.ber.rewt.org.uk (gabriella.ber.rewt.org.uk [87.106.72.109]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AD8113C481 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 04:02:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@joeholden.co.uk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabriella.ber.rewt.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id B42452DE37; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 04:02:45 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gabriella.ber.rewt.org.uk Received: from gabriella.ber.rewt.org.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gabriella.ber.rewt.org.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ArP2mhMyMqrA; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 04:02:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.10.147] (dsl172-67.as6911.net [62.84.172.67]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by gabriella.ber.rewt.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8D332DE2A; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 04:02:40 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <45EA44E7.1070907@joeholden.co.uk> Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:02:47 +0000 From: Joe Holden User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: frzburn References: <2942dae0703031923q2887c59dh85f103bff424e7b7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2942dae0703031923q2887c59dh85f103bff424e7b7@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsnap and cvsup for rebuilding world - Which one? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:02:47 -0000 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, J