Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 15:02:25 +0000 (UTC) From: doug@safeport.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portsnap and new git ports tree Message-ID: <ef7dbded-47c4-7eab-8245-869b56f92569@safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <Iu4M0d0Oy1cXUo9LfR-Fp6ABuDYdElGNAv_zobIpLcBWfhXSzgyDB3xeRdzg9DGsnKWHhe8XjrIhL85afaI0Ohx-SkkrvmP7GsO4u2G5V90=@dstev.net> References: <CANR6Wa714iTeTmtW1S3BnoN1-PYgTf%2BkEG4Wf_OJdqH=wzmTzQ@mail.gmail.com> <o7eVTOZAQ7CJJcX5lZZMEyvtUQqcGtdXV02KKaZLLtl-F0pvb8acVD-hQNlFYkzo4nNbQYTdZxAnNnuEjz9XrPwSSy9YsRm5UEJLG-gAocw=@dstev.net> <Iu4M0d0Oy1cXUo9LfR-Fp6ABuDYdElGNAv_zobIpLcBWfhXSzgyDB3xeRdzg9DGsnKWHhe8XjrIhL85afaI0Ohx-SkkrvmP7GsO4u2G5V90=@dstev.net>
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On Wed, 7 Apr 2021, Daniel Stevenson wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 at 08:54, Daniel Stevenson <daniel@dstev.net> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 at 08:23, Arthur Barlow arthurbarlow@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Anyone know when portsnap will be able to work with the new ports tree on
>>> github?
>>
>> No, portsnap does not support Git. I would recommend using net/gitup from ports
>> instead and altering the "ports" section in /usr/local/etc/gitup.conf to look
>> like this:
>>
>> ....
>> "ports" : {
>> "repository" : "ports.git",
>> "branch" : "main",
>> "target" : "/usr/ports",
>> "ignores" : [
>> "distfiles",
>> "packages",
>> ],
>> },
>> ....
>
> My bad, the "repository" line should read:
> ....
> "repository" : "/ports.git",
> ....
>
> Sorry for the confusion!
>
I assume EOL for portsnap is in the near future. Including this information
in the "Support Lifecycle" "How to update your system" section would be
nice. This does assume that the ports tree is considered part of the base
system.
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