Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:34:15 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Cronjob Cvsup -> What? Message-ID: <44d2wrw8fs.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <20130127001805.97F0119B@hub.freebsd.org> (W. D.'s message of "Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:11:14 -0600") References: <20130127001805.97F0119B@hub.freebsd.org>
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"W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> writes: > According to: > > http://www.freebsd.org/news/2012-compromise.html > > Cvsup is deprecated. If I have a Cron entry like: > > #----------------------------------------------------------------- > #Min Hr DOM Mnth DOW Command > > # At 3:46 in the morning, everyday, as root, update the ports tree: > 46 3 * * * /usr/local/bin/cvsup -h cvsup12.FreeBSD.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile > #----------------------------------------------------------------- > > What should I use: freebsd-update, Subversion, portsnap, or what? > > What would be the best Cron command to keep ports updated on a daily > basis? portsnap is almost certainly the best answer for you. freebsd-update is for the base system, not ports. If you needed version control features on your ports tree (especially if you were regularly contributing changes to ports), getting and updating your tree through subversion would have some extra features you might want, but it doesn't sound as if that is the case for you. Unless you have a specific reason why portsnap doesn't fit your use case, it's definitely the way to go for just keeping a ports tree updated regularly.
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