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Date:      26 Jun 2002 10:05:34 -0500
From:      Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
To:        Matt Snow <drama@slakin.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: portupgrade vs. cvsup ports-supfile
Message-ID:  <1025103935.377.5.camel@lerlaptop>
In-Reply-To: <20020626075024.T86315-100000@seven.slakin.net>
References:  <20020626075024.T86315-100000@seven.slakin.net>

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On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 09:57, Matt Snow wrote:
> I was wondering what the difference is between portupgrade, and doing a
> cvsup ports-supfile.
CVSUP updates the ports skeletons (the instructions on how to build a
port). 

portupgrade actually builds, based on the above, updated ports for
what's installed on the system. 


> 
> Can anybody tell me the difference's between the two?
> 
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