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Date:      Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:26:51 -0500
From:      Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com>
To:        Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ports INDEX file
Message-ID:  <4C48EFDB.5050408@tundraware.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C48EE42.1050102@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <4C48EE42.1050102@a1poweruser.com>

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On 7/22/2010 8:20 PM, Fbsd8 wrote:
> I have a pristine install  of 8.0.
> There is no /usr/ports directory yet.
> I am trying to use the "portcheckout" port and the "porteasy" port to
> just populate the ports tree with only the ports I use.
> 
> Problem is in both cases the above ports require an existing INDEX file
> to process and since I have none they don't work.
> 
> How can I just download the ports INDEX file?
> Portsnap is not a solution.
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You can use 'csup' to get the ports tree down.  You'll find the
relevant config file (assuming you installed the source tree) at:

    /usr/src/share/examples/cvsup


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