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Date:      Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:18:33 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        Vanh <vphom@comcast.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CVSup and portupgrade?
Message-ID:  <200401250218.33021.kstewart@owt.com>
In-Reply-To: <1075025647.55399.4.camel@Supra.comcast.net>
References:  <1075025647.55399.4.camel@Supra.comcast.net>

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On Sunday 25 January 2004 02:14 am, Vanh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a FreeBSD newbie. Just got it installed last weekend. I have read
> the FreeBSD handbook, but still have some question. What is the
> different between cvsup and portupgrade? Do I need to use both? If
> not, which one is better?
>

Complimentary ports. You have to maintain your port system using cvsup. 
You can then update your installed ports using portupgrade.

Kent

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Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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