Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:40:52 -0400 From: Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports collection issue Message-ID: <eht294$8l7$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <200610270753.14194.lane@joeandlane.com> References: <20061027000754.86183.qmail@web58305.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <200610262236.46586.lane@joeandlane.com> <4541F8AC.1030502@401.cx> <200610270753.14194.lane@joeandlane.com>
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Lane wrote: > On Friday 27 October 2006 07:16, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: >> Lane wrote: >>> Adrian, >>> >>> Use /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui and create a cvsupfile. You can >>> then selectively install src-all, src-contrib, ports-all and any of the >>> various ports sub-trees that you need (but stick with ports-all). >>> >>> cvsup will get the proper Makefiles and whatnot for you. >>> >>> Email me if you need help setting that up. >>> >>> lane >> I would recommend using csup instead of cvsup. >> It has fewer dependencies, is very lightweight and works very well >> if you just want to occasionally checkout ports or src. >> I believe that csup is also part of the basesystem in newer releases. >> >> -- >> R >> > OMG! > > I totally missed csup. Thanks for the tip! You might look into portsnap. I find it much easier and faster to use than c[v]sup: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/portsnap.html -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, a FreeBSD weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are.
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