From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 22 16:33:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from athserv.otenet.gr (athserv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D6F014F06 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 16:33:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from localhost.hell.gr (patr530-a006.otenet.gr [195.167.115.6]) by athserv.otenet.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id CAA00393 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 02:31:16 +0200 (EET) Received: (qmail 3976 invoked by uid 1001); 22 Nov 1999 03:03:06 -0000 To: Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Last decisive examination References: From: Giorgos Keramidas Date: 22 Nov 1999 05:03:05 +0200 In-Reply-To: Ariel Burbaickij's message of "Sun, 21 Nov 1999 14:47:08 +0100 (MET)" Message-ID: <86bt8n9qja.fsf@localhost.hell.gr> Lines: 23 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.45/XEmacs 21.1 - "20 Minutes to Nikko" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ariel Burbaickij writes: > > You can get the very latest ports tree by simply removing /usr/ports and > > running cvsup on a proper supfile. Look for this supfile in the same > > place where you'll get your ports, to your ultra-fast local FreeBSD > > mirror site ;-) > > What is the reson about being so brutal and REMOVING the hole /usr/ports > will the UPGRADING not suffice? > The entire /usr/ports tree will download in less than an hour over my 28.8 modem at home, and when I have messed a lot with the Makefiles, it's the only way back for me ;-) If the directory is empty or does not exist, then *all* the ports are brought up to date -- which should be the normal operation anyway. Removing it and re-fetching is only needed if you are in the (admittedly not so good) habbit of changing manually some things here and there. -- Giorgos Keramidas, "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message