From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 10 16:04:23 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6AEC16A401 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:04:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4041B13C4A6 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:04:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l2AG4GJ6081631; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:04:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1D8F5B845; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:04:16 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:04:16 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Chris Slothouber Message-ID: <20070310160416.GA42869@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Chris Slothouber , FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org References: <45F2C73C.1090500@rogers.com> <45F2D05D.5060503@hier7.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45F2D05D.5060503@hier7.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some questions from a newcomer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:04:23 -0000 --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 10:35:57AM -0500, Chris Slothouber wrote: >=20 > Mike Jakubik wrote: > >Daniel Mouritsen wrote: > >You don't need the developer packages to compile or use the ports. I=20 > >would recommend you choose the basic user option instead. > > > >>Also, i was wondering, i tried playing around with portsnap, but dear= =20 > >>lord > >>it was slow :D I tried googling for European mirrors close to me, but i > >>haven't had much success, any help with finding a faster portsnap server > >>would be much appreciated > > > >You may want to try cvsup instead. >=20 > net/cvsup-without-gui is probably the port you'd want to use. Check out= =20 A rewrite in C of the cvsup program, called 'csup' is in the base system in 6.2, so you don't really need this port. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF8tcAEnfvsMMhpyURArm8AJwIniS9bc3OJpVxyNLoQ5caEAt5ZgCfQh2J bhdEBxFkbceL5s+NjR6qdN4= =zhUM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW--