Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:49:01 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke> To: "Christopher W. Aiken" <cwaiken@telerama.com> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports Tree Update Message-ID: <20010212194901.A40352@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.02.10102121139240.9061-100000@frogger.telerama.com>; from "Christopher W. Aiken" on Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:43:12AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSI.4.02.10102121139240.9061-100000@frogger.telerama.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] * Christopher W. Aiken <cwaiken@telerama.com> [20010212 19:44]: writing on the subject 'Ports Tree Update' Christopher> I'm running FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE and would like to update Christopher> my ports tree. I was going to do: Christopher> Christopher> 1) download new ports.tar.gz from ftp.freebsd.org Christopher> 2) rm -rf /usr/ports Christopher> 3) cd /usr; tar -xzvf ports.tar.gz Christopher> Christopher> Is that the suggested way? Best way? There are 2 options that I know of. o A ports update package that you can install from the ports tree o Cvsup. -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm. -Fred Dehner [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6iBP9A2k+MNyI/bERArmOAKCHL84hOGCpBDri0Kx7OpgGQpDuOgCfaBF/ KBMGIJ4VrzUPhOT4xtraArY= =7gPN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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