Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:25:28 -0600 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" <donaldjoneill@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Subject: Re: make index Message-ID: <200601250925.28741.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43D764F4.3050700@dial.pipex.com> References: <20060124190159.GH29457@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <200601241750.08069.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> <43D764F4.3050700@dial.pipex.com>
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On Wednesday 25 January 2006 05:45, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > >What version of FreeBSD are you using. It can make a difference as > > to which way want to you go. If you are using 6.0, you can use > > portsnap, which is so much faster than anything else, it's > > laughable. I only use cvsup for updating src. > > My understanding was that portsnap would delete any local changes in > the ports tree. Has that changed? > > --Alex > To my knowledge (and the man page), this hasn't changed. But, I suspect there are ways around this, if you're willing to think about them. Since I haven't made any local changes, I'm happy with portsnap the way it's been working. Right now, I'm setting up 2 dual boot computers and retiring another, at home. No easy job if I want to stay on good terms with my wife. Ha. Don
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