Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:54:49 -0500 From: LuMiWa <lumiwa@dismail.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: github ports Message-ID: <20210110145449.194954b7@dismail.de> In-Reply-To: <20210110202429.c889dee5.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20210110133605.6538dfd5@dismail.de> <CADnZ6B=Yy_fFUtAds3HjKZT10wNhGA6PzkYayc0mLNGoK_ug7Q@mail.gmail.com> <E79DB347-6EFA-458F-99B2-3E0177FB2AE5@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20210110202429.c889dee5.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:24:29 +0100 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:14:58 -0600, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > Just for my education: is there any advantage in using git > > like that instead of portsnap? >=20 > From my limited understanding: >=20 > With portsnap, you get a snapshot, while a git update will > always provide you with the most recent tree (compare the > use of "freebsd-update" regarding the /usr/src tree vs. the > use of former SVN checkout). The snapshot has a certain > "delay" compared to the most recent version. >=20 > Except... to use git, you'll have to install it, while you > can use portsnap (and freebsd-update) from base. :-) >=20 >=20 >=20 I like prtsnap and is okay for me but I did read that portsnap will be deprecated and this is the reason to switch to git. To everyone: Thank you very much for the help. --=20 =E2=80=9CDon=E2=80=99t think money does everything or you are going to end = up doing everything for money.=E2=80=9D -Voltaire
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