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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2001 01:12:27 -0600 (MDT)
From:      FreeBSD <freebsd@XtremeDev.com>
To:        Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au>
Cc:        <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: General questions
Message-ID:  <20010910011150.O12091-100000@Amber.XtremeDev.com>
In-Reply-To: <00a801c139b0$7ba19960$0b64a8c0@becca>

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cvsup -g -L 2 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile -h
cvsup5.freebsd.org

Run the above command and it will update just your ports tree.


On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Rob B wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This is my first running install of FreeBSD, so be gentle :)
>
> I have 4.3 RELEASE running on a DEC Alpha, and I'm trying to install some of
> the ports (mutt, postfix etc).  I seem to be getting old versions of the
> software that aren't on the servers anymore.  I am aware that CVSup will
> update the ports tree, but doesn't that also update the rest of the system?
> Can I make CVSup only retrieve the ports?
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>
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