Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 01:06:12 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rsync'able ports tree instead of csup? Message-ID: <20080514010612.28dc78ce@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <6e5cf6a70805131027i3f7286d0jadacbab8f862b101@mail.gmail.com> References: <6e5cf6a70805131027i3f7286d0jadacbab8f862b101@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 13 May 2008 13:27:05 -0400 "Joachim Rosenfeld" <joerosenfeld@gmail.com> wrote: > My usual workflow with the ports tree (and to a lesser > extent, /usr/src) goes something like this: > > 1. download ports/src tree from cdrom/ftp site (usually done once) > > 2. use csup to update to HEAD > > 3. build As I understand it, it's advisable do an initial csup to the exact version in the snapshot, before doing the csup to the latest version. If you skip this then csup wont delete files removed between the snapshot and the current tree. If you are unlucky that could lead to persistent problems that are hard to diagnose.
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