Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 08:12:32 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> Cc: User questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updating /usr/ports Message-ID: <445yz383bj.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20210528064525.000029cf@seibercom.net> (jerry@seibercom.net's message of "Fri, 28 May 2021 06:45:25 -0400") References: <20210524124023.6372a3383876a1196cf81705@3dresearch.com> <CAN6yY1tjCCiSahAaVAnH2HAWuZCAw29ZEPrP2LerhEuFaK=8xw@mail.gmail.com> <20210526001153.e668d925df825e3486c5f7b9@3dresearch.com> <CAN6yY1sXbiogdGo2_1Nc4Cfoi61CR-M6zUTFsTpz8_SWj1_w_w@mail.gmail.com> <20210528064525.000029cf@seibercom.net>
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Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> writes: > On Thu, 27 May 2021 17:01:52 -0700, Kevin Oberman stated: >>If you are trying to replace portsnap, I think the answer is net/gitup. >>This only requires a single command, "gitup ports", and you get your >>index updated along with updating all ports. I believe that the plan >>is to put gitup into the base system fairly soon. I have not looked at >>whether 14-current has gitup, yet. >> >>And, yes, it looks like the handbook needs some work as gitup is not >>yet even mentioned. Like portsnap, gitup is for people who want to >>maintain an up to date ports tree, but not good for developers. They >>do need to use git and either generate the index or fetch it. > > If "gitup" can fetch the "index" file, why can "git" not also > accomplish that feat? Is it a technical reason? The index file isn't in the repository. Not sure if you'd call that a "technical" reason, but "gitup" has a number of bits of FreeBSD-specific knowledge.
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