From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 03:00:42 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A19916A417; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:00:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from mail5out.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A742113C45B; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:00:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: by mail5out.barnet.com.au (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9AED92219DCC; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:00:39 +1100 (EST) X-Viruscan-Id: <474A36D700001E84862ABD@BarNet> Received: from mail5auth.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail5auth.barnet.com.au", Issuer "*.barnet.com.au" (verified OK)) by mail5.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A54E21B16BF; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:00:39 +1100 (EST) Received: from k7.mavetju (k7.mavetju.org [10.251.1.18]) by mail5auth.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id D551D2219D21; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:00:38 +1100 (EST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 46CF5AB; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:00:38 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:00:38 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Doug Barton Message-ID: <20071126030038.GC57513@k7.mavetju> References: <4747A1FB.9000707@FreeBSD.org> <4747E337.7060400@FreeBSD.org> <20071125213339.GB57513@k7.mavetju> <474A2EC1.8080003@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <474A2EC1.8080003@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Alex Dupre , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Idea about the ports tree included in the release X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:00:42 -0000 On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 06:26:09PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > Edwin Groothuis wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 09:39:19AM +0100, Alex Dupre wrote: > >> Doug Barton wrote: > >>> In thinking about the guy who posted to -stable about using the tar'ed > >>> up version of the ports tree, I had an idea that would make that more > >>> useful. How hard would it be to include the c[v]sup checkouts file > >>> with the tarball, and install it into some standard location? > >> And why not the portsnap database instead? It seems the > >> default/recommended method today. > > > > That would save me 42Mb to download each time :-P > > > > But euhm.. it should only be installed on systems which are installed > > cleanly, not on systems being upgraded via cdrom images. > > Assuming I understand what you mean, I think one of two things would > happen: Oh wait. The cvsup checkouts file is probably a small (set of) file(s) with some revision information, while the portsnap file is a huge chunk of data with a copy of the ports tree. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/