Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 07:51:36 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole <Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> To: cstankevitz@toyon.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating the ports collection Message-ID: <200910070051.n970pajx012236@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <4ACBC82C.3030502@toyon.com> (message from Chris Stankevitz on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:43:56 -0700) References: <4ACBC82C.3030502@toyon.com>
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Hi Chris, > The FreeBSD handbook section 4.5.1 describes several methods for > obtaining the ports collection including CVSup, Portsnap, and sysinstall. > > Section 4.5.1 also describes how to update the ports collection, but > only for the CVSup and Portsnap methods. > > Q1: How do I update the ports collection after using sysinstall to > obtain it? I cannot speak for postsnap, but for cvsup: - you re-run sysinstall and install cvsup from the CD (Configure/Packages/Net/CVSup) - or, since you installed the port tree, you go to /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui and you make, make install, make clean > Q2: Is this explained in the handbook? If so, where? Some may correct me, but I use a file that contains: *default tag=. *default host=cvsup2.jp.FreeBSD.org *default base=/var/db *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress ports-all You may change the default host accordingly. Then I use the command cvsup <name_of_that_file> Best, Olivier
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