Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:11:11 +0200 From: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> To: Jim Xochellis <dxoch@escape.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Obtaining ports collection Message-ID: <20030620111111.GA2412@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> In-Reply-To: <3D4AF698-A30D-11D7-92B0-003065C4E486@escape.gr> References: <3D4AF698-A30D-11D7-92B0-003065C4E486@escape.gr>
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Hi, > I have a very slow connection an I want to update the ports collection > of my FreeBSD 4.7(i386) Release box. Somehow I have managed to download > the collection from the > "ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports.tar.gz" and > I have expanded it into a new "/usr/ports/" directory, renaming my old > collection to "/usr/ports.bak/" To you think that this "trick" will > actually work, or am I violating some rules? While this will of course work, there is no need to download the whole collection via ftp. CVSup might have been a faster alternative: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cvsup.html As a supfile, you should use modified copy of /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile You can als re-use your source tar-balls from you old ports tree (the are in /usr/ports.bak/distfiles now More information about the p.c. can be found here: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports-using.html > Is the ports collection of > the "current" branch appropriate for my FreeBSD 4.7 box or not? Yes, there is only a current branch of the ports collection. While it is recommended to use a -STABLE box with an up-to-date p.c., most of the ports should work on your 4.7 box. Simon
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