From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 7 12:47:52 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77D461065670 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:47:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Received: from queueout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (queueout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 009748FC13 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:47:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (InterMail vM.7.08.04.00 201-2186-134-20080326) with ESMTP id <20091007123739.IGTU27507.mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:37:39 +0100 Received: from catflap.slightlystrange.org ([82.21.107.64]) by aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (InterMail vG.2.02.00.01 201-2161-120-102-20060912) with ESMTP id <20091007123739.FMAG22934.aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@catflap.slightlystrange.org> for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:37:39 +0100 Received: by catflap.slightlystrange.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C551E64BE; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:37:33 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:37:33 +0100 From: Daniel Bye To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091007123732.GA84700@torus.slightlystrange.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4ACBC82C.3030502@toyon.com> <200910070051.n970pajx012236@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-PGP-Fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 sparc64 X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=ehNlctqhnw0A:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=STKR5dziXgEC4mRAHC0A:9 a=H2o8j8jLqINEaKesf3wA:7 a=7eM6wh_jWcd7qCS1qd9C2RhZvq4A:4 a=T1bchIRxk2IAHrnkl20A:9 a=txjncaZgeX3WWcKnrpxz35-KEmUA:4 Subject: Re: Updating the ports collection X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Bye List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:47:52 -0000 --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 09:07:07PM -0400, Chris Hill wrote: > On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, Olivier Nicole wrote: >=20 > >Hi Chris, > > > >>The FreeBSD handbook section 4.5.1 describes several methods for > >>obtaining the ports collection including CVSup, Portsnap, and sysinstal= l. > >> > >>Section 4.5.1 also describes how to update the ports collection, but > >>only for the CVSup and Portsnap methods. > >> > >>Q1: How do I update the ports collection after using sysinstall to > >>obtain it? > > > >I cannot speak for postsnap, but for cvsup: >=20 > csup works (almost?) the same as cvsup, and is in the base system=20 > nowadays. I used to install cvsup, but now I only install fastest_cvsup;= =20 > it's just a utility to find the fastest server for you at the moment. >=20 > >Some may correct me, but I use a file that contains: > > > >*default tag=3D. > >*default host=3Dcvsup2.jp.FreeBSD.org > >*default base=3D/var/db > >*default prefix=3D/usr > >*default release=3Dcvs > >*default delete use-rel-suffix > >*default compress > >ports-all >=20 > I do the same, and run csup as: >=20 > csup -g -h `/usr/local/bin/fastest_cvsup -Q -c us` /etc/supfile.ports You can set=20 SUPHOST=3D `/usr/local/bin/fastest_cvsup -Q -c us` SUPFLAGS=3D -g in /etc/make.conf and save yourself some typing. Dan --=20 Daniel Bye _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkrMi4wACgkQixf5fBYiFmq6iQCgqXN7LFWE4e4OLGNyYdfWxAPR Vu4AoMdkwxhAqK8O+xD7GhYZ5TjFJED/ =YjZz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N--