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Date:      Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:53:13 -0500
From:      Lane <lane@joeandlane.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ports collection issue
Message-ID:  <200610270753.14194.lane@joeandlane.com>
In-Reply-To: <4541F8AC.1030502@401.cx>
References:  <20061027000754.86183.qmail@web58305.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <200610262236.46586.lane@joeandlane.com> <4541F8AC.1030502@401.cx>

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On Friday 27 October 2006 07:16, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote:
> Lane wrote:
> > Adrian,
> >
> > Use /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui and create a cvsupfile.  You can
> > then selectively install src-all, src-contrib, ports-all and any of the
> > various ports sub-trees that you need (but stick with ports-all).
> >
> > cvsup will get the proper Makefiles and whatnot for you.
> >
> > Email me if you need help setting that up.
> >
> > lane
>
> I would recommend using csup instead of cvsup.
> It has fewer dependencies, is very lightweight and works very well
> if you just want to occasionally checkout ports or src.
> I believe that csup is also part of the basesystem in newer releases.
>
> --
> R
>
OMG!

I totally missed csup.  Thanks for the tip!

lane



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