From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 20 14:51:26 2011 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 1CD4B1065672 for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 14:51:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xaero@xaerolimit.net) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A83358FC13 for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 14:51:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so4271216bwz.13 for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 07:51:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.114.144 with SMTP id e16mr4151427bkq.119.1305903084210; Fri, 20 May 2011 07:51:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.72.82 with HTTP; Fri, 20 May 2011 07:51:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Chris Brennan Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 10:51:03 -0400 Message-ID: To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Over-whelmed by ports and package tools X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 14:51:26 -0000 On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Xn Nooby wrote: I think the extract is only done during the install, and then after > that it would be "portsnap fetch update" ? Or is it better to do an > extract each time? > I've always been told to do portsnap fetch extract, but I went a step farther with my alises, I have a pfu as well, that does portsnap fetch update -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?