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Date:      Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:42:01 -0400
From:      Wesley Shields <wxs@atarininja.org>
To:        sac <sac@inf.in>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Curtis Vaughan <cavaughan@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Ports upgrade
Message-ID:  <20070411124201.GB83347@atarininja.org>
In-Reply-To: <e14997e00704110315j754187b9v4be1cdbeedebca86@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <2488F872-59CF-48DE-9297-5250B1C6EFB4@gmail.com> <e14997e00704110315j754187b9v4be1cdbeedebca86@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 03:45:52PM +0530, sac wrote:
> If you want to update the ports directory `cvsup' is the best to use.

You can use csup, cvsup or portsnap.  Personally, I prefer portsnap but
you can use whatever you like.

> If you are using the latest version of FreeBSD, then cvsup will be in the
> default install or you have to install the package and run:

csup is in the default install of 6.2, not cvsup.

> cvsup -L 2 -h cvsup3.FreeBSD.org
> <http://cvsup3.freebsd.org/>/usr/share/examples/cvsup
> /ports-supfile
> 
> For futher information check section 4.5 of Freebsd Handbook.
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html
> 
> sac.

-- WXS



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