Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:52:07 -0500 From: Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downloading ports tree again Message-ID: <20080115215207.GA25385@valkyrie> In-Reply-To: <478CB781.5040809@otenet.gr> References: <1200402658.23101.1231331249@webmail.messagingengine.com> <478CB781.5040809@otenet.gr>
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On Tue Jan 15, 2008 03:39PM, Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> Trey Sizemore wrote:
>> I have used portsnap to download the ports tree. Recently, I've removed
>> /usr/ports/* and now need to download the ports tree again.
>>
>> However, running portnap fetch results in:
>> "Ports tree hasn't changed since last snapshot
>> No updates needed"
>>
>> How can I 'reset' portsnap and get the ports tree again?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
> I would first try a "portsnap extract" and see if this extracts the
> whole ports tree again (from what I understand from the man page, it
> will)
>
> Otherwise, portsnap saves its state in /var/db/portsnap. You could try
> deleting the files in there.
>
Thanks, using "portsnap extract" did it.
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Cheers,
Trey
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But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
--Dag Hammarskjold
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