Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:34:35 GMT From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 554d62acd0 - main - handbook/ports: Note that portsnap only tracks the main branch. Message-ID: <202106292034.15TKYZGX020717@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by ceri: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=554d62acd0880b3f8f9ad6f10d3f302915e7a37a commit 554d62acd0880b3f8f9ad6f10d3f302915e7a37a Author: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-06-29 20:32:05 +0000 Commit: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-06-29 20:32:05 +0000 handbook/ports: Note that portsnap only tracks the main branch. PR: 251279 Reported by: Fred <fjs.usa01@gmail.com> Reviewed by: crees Obtained from: bjk Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D27843 --- documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc index 38d84a4154..d5dda2a9ab 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc @@ -670,6 +670,13 @@ This is a fast and user-friendly tool for retrieving the Ports Collection and is This utility connects to a FreeBSD site, verifies the secure key, and downloads a new copy of the Ports Collection. The key is used to verify the integrity of all downloaded files. +Note that Portsnap updates are generated from a snapshot of the main +branch of the Ports Collection and cannot be configured to use a +different branch (for example, `quarterly`). +If it is necessary to use a different branch of the Ports Collection +(for instance as referenced earlier in conjunction with binary +packages), then the <<ports-using-git-method,Git method>> must be used. + . To download a compressed snapshot of the Ports Collection into [.filename]#/var/db/portsnap#: + [source,shell]
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