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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:35:25 -0700
From:      pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com>
To:        Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What replaces csup?
Message-ID:  <CAGBmCT4HJoz7f8txogjvTYNAfzicYSGxbfVxpB3yyUkz8Tjrvw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:26:45 -0600, Warren Block wrote:
>
>> For ports, it's probably worth saving the distfile directory along with
>> local diffs.  Move it back into place after the svn checkout of the
>> ports tree.
>
> PMFJI. Newbie here: What's wrong with using SVN for src, and portsnap for
> ports?
>

my personal issue is the fact that csup and portsnap are both part of
the base system whereas svn would require installation via ports or
the pkg utility.  it is frankly a minor inconvenience - and hopefully
there will be a csup like utility for svn available in base one day.

-pete

-- 
pete wright
www.nycbug.org
@nomadlogicLA



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