Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:37:54 -0500 From: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd>, jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When Is The Ports Tree Going To Be Updated? Message-ID: <50B4EC62.8000408@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211270907010.56247@wonkity.com> References: <50B2A57A.3050500@tundraware.com> <50B2A8D8.90301@FreeBSD.org> <50B2AA07.8090103@tundraware.com> <201211251856.40381.lumiwa@gmail.com> <50B2BEE1.9030903@tundraware.com> <loom.20121126T120530-186@post.gmane.org> <05eafe033134e0771d54dec2d9388c8f@homey.local> <loom.20121126T161423-178@post.gmane.org> <C1998C36-57DF-4ACE-8AF2-09E1885E7176@my.gd> <loom.20121126T170433-746@post.gmane.org> <loom.20121126T182635-720@post.gmane.org> <50B3BA6E.7060303@tundraware.com> <loom.20121126T201404-815@post.gmane.org> <CAE63ME5YQ-UJ5z9Mu9-PyxgceK4Gd_oBL4_Pm=e%2Bfp_Z=Mf6_A@mail.gmail.com> <50B4DBD3.2050901@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211270907010.56247@wonkity.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/27/12 11:11 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, Greg Larkin wrote: > >> Unless you plan to use svn commands other than checkout in your >> ports tree, I would suggest switching to "svn export" or perhaps >> the svn-export script >> (http://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/svn-export/) to fetch your >> ports tree. >> >> The export command will not create the .svn metadata directory >> and will save on inode usage. Of course, you could also create a >> new virtual disk for /usr/ports and tune it with more inodes if >> you'd rather use svn checkout. > > It should be added that a stock svn export will download the > entire ports tree each time rather than just the diffs. > > svn-export from above looks interesting, with the ability to get > just updates. No port yet, though. Yeah, I have to add that to my to-do list, since I mentioned it first. :) Cheers, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. http://twitter.com/cpucycle/ - Follow you, follow me -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlC07GEACgkQ0sRouByUApBViQCgng+ByDROCHM8UnfK1YDbUanK g0kAnjf22mYmOw5J3JLC/KyfQqsbNz06 =4tof -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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