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Date:      Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:41:46 -0400
From:      "Andy Greenwood" <greenwood.andy@gmail.com>
To:        "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx>
Cc:        Lane <lane@joeandlane.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Rik Davis <rik_davis2004@yahoo.com>
Subject:   Re: Ports collection issue
Message-ID:  <3ee9ca710610270541m153e68d2i427a106afabcc57e@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4541F8AC.1030502@401.cx>
References:  <20061027000754.86183.qmail@web58305.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <200610262236.46586.lane@joeandlane.com> <4541F8AC.1030502@401.cx>

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Is it possible to use csup with my existing cvsup files? I skimmed the
man page and it looks very similar. Is there any advantage to using
cvsup over csup?

On 10/27/06, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg <listsub@401.cx> 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
>
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