From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 6 15:15:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B95E16A412 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:15:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from snagit@cbpratt.prohosting.com) Received: from n120.sc0.cp.net (smtpout1117.sc0.he.tucows.com [64.97.144.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 455FD43D46 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:15:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from snagit@cbpratt.prohosting.com) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (67.47.213.85) by n120.sc0.cp.net (7.2.069.1) (authenticated as eagletree@hughes.net) id 45255F670002D7B5 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:15:36 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <200610061557.41452.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> References: <2403D229-1D39-40F8-9C40-01A7DEF8ED5D@cbpratt.prohosting.com> <200610061557.41452.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chris Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 08:15:21 -0700 To: FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Subject: Re: Portsnap Update Question 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: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:15:42 -0000 On Oct 6, 2006, at 7:57 AM, RW wrote: > On Friday 06 October 2006 15:14, Chris wrote: > >> I've been doing is then running portsnap fetch update to apply >> patches to the ports. In doing so, I've not seen recompilations take >> place and remained somewhat fuzzy as to whether I was merely >> retrieving snapshots of source for whatever is in /usr/ports or if in > > > You aren't even doing that. The ports tree is just a set of recipes > that tells > the ports system how to get hold of the source and build the software > automatically. When you run portsnap or cvsup (with a ports > supfile) you are > simply updating those recipes. Thanks all, major misunderstanding on my part. It's likely a problem with my ability to understand the documentation but I'd taken it to be an alternate method of keeping ports current. If I understand correctly, portsnap is only allowing the ports to install correctly in subsequent cd /usr/ports/*;make install sessions and adding new pointers for ports added to the tree. I found a cookbook on portupgrade and will research portaudit next. Thanks again.