From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 16 15:57:28 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2BD1F34 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:57:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9C308FC13 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:57:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from irix.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.39] helo=ncs.bris.ac.uk) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TZOI9-0000Ma-CG; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:57:21 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncs.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TZOI8-00008g-SR; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:57:16 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qAGFvGFX016066; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:57:16 GMT (envelope-from mexas@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qAGFvGHe016065; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:57:16 GMT (envelope-from mexas) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:57:16 GMT From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201211161557.qAGFvGHe016065@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> To: jnagyjr1978@gmail.com, wblock@wonkity.com Subject: Re: Users Handbook In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Score: -3.7 X-Spam-Level: --- Cc: ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: mexas@bristol.ac.uk List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:57:29 -0000 Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:15:04 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html You mean this part? Check out a copy of the ports tree. Use a specific Subversion mirror close to your geographic location instead of svn.FreeBSD.org in the command below for better performance. Committers should read the Subversion Primer first to be sure the correct protocol is chosen. # svn checkout svn://svn.FreeBSD.org/ports/head /usr/ports Are there only two mirrors? svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org Anton