Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:21:00 +0300 From: Jim Xochellis <dxoch@escape.gr> To: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Obtaining ports collection Message-ID: <451F91A8-A311-11D7-92B0-003065C4E486@escape.gr> In-Reply-To: <20030620111111.GA2412@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi Simon, Hi list Many thanks for your fast and helpful reply, Regards, Jim Xochellis On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 02:11 PM, Simon Barner wrote: > 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 >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?451F91A8-A311-11D7-92B0-003065C4E486>