From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Jan 23 19:34:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA23624 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 19:34:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from colossus.dyn.ml.org (root@206-18-115-161.la.inreach.net [206.18.115.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA23615 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 19:34:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dburr@colossus.dyn.ml.org) Received: (from dburr@localhost) by colossus.dyn.ml.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA12534; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 18:34:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dburr) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.1 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199801240136.UAA20073@oncomdis.on.ca> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 18:31:52 -0800 (PST) Organization: Starfleet Command From: Donald Burr To: pstewart@oncomdis.on.ca Subject: RE: ports collection updating Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- My secret spy satellite informs me that on 23-Jan-98, pstewart@oncomdis.on.ca wrote: >Thanks for using NetForward! >http://www.netforward.com >v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v > >Pardon me for a newbie question, but new to BSD.... > >Is there an automated method of updating the ports collection and Two ways: 1. Use CVSup. Assuming your machine is connected to the net, type (as root): pkg_add ftp://freebsd.org/pub/jkh/cvsupit.tgz and you will get a nice menu-based configuration utility to help you configure it. 2. FTP to ftp.freebsd.org and get the file "/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports.tar.gz", and un-tar it under /usr (cd /usr; tar xvzf /ports.tar.gz) >also cleaning out the "work" directories daily? "make clean" from the toplevel ports directory (/usr/ports) - --- Donald Burr - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNMlTRvjpixuAwagxAQHmpQQAslketiZJlNC9t5qsmPdWW2l7WlTCrMU5 u8XqglgN2eUtFItXozL+5Y18uBr15yOs0YfgUSSsOJHCKXITwixifs6D+cdw/uyC FjNWn3xLGt8R4/geJ/jMpwRmJt3lMuvJyI/jcbw5Bjyunw1VJu0tiuaT7Fh8BrMJ 1d7syQ6wQzU= =QPQi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----