Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 10:52:39 -0500 From: frzburn <frzburn@gmail.com> To: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsnap and cvsup for rebuilding world - Which one? Message-ID: <2942dae0703040752w3e9d61e1v34b7f4ca97abac49@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.tonvhock8527sy@guido.klop.ws> References: <2942dae0703031923q2887c59dh85f103bff424e7b7@mail.gmail.com> <op.tonvhock8527sy@guido.klop.ws>
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Well, again, thanks for all your replies! =) After all you told me, I guess this guides describes the right tools to use and the right way for rebuilding world. http://www.bsdguides.org/guides/freebsd/beginners/update_freebsd.php Thanks! frzburn On 3/4/07, Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> wrote: > > > On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:23:55 +0100, frzburn <frzburn@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > [cut some text] > > So here come my questions: > > Is portsnap syncing the sources correctly for rebuilding world, or must > I > > use cvsup? > > If so, of what use is portsnap if I must use cvsup for synchronizing my > > source? > > > > In fact, I'm just looking at the most up-to-date/approved/correct > > technique/tool to synchronize my source for ``rebuilding world'' with > the > > latest sources from FreeBSD-6-STABLE. > > Read this. It tells you why portsnap is invented. And why cvsup/csup is > still better for other things then ports. > http://www.daemonology.net/portsnap/ > > Ronald. > -- > Ronald Klop > Amsterdam, The Netherlands >
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