Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:00:23 -0600 From: Nick Pavlica <linicks@gmail.com> To: Christopher Lane <colane@inteliport.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall + CVSup or just CVSup? Message-ID: <dc9ba0440504070900c9d0c3e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42554DC6.5000806@inteliport.com> References: <4255421A.9070803@inteliport.com> <dc9ba04405040708081c0a00e1@mail.gmail.com> <42554DC6.5000806@inteliport.com>
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On Apr 7, 2005 9:12 AM, Christopher Lane <colane@inteliport.com> wrote: > Nick Pavlica wrote: > > Chris, > > I alway install the ports that I want during my initial installation > > so I'm not sure what the best post installation method is. I would > > venture to say that cvsup would be you best bet. > > > > --Nick > > > > My goal is to have the latest ports, regardless of which ones I actually > want to install. I guess my question is more "can I CVSup without first > installing the ports collection, and if I do so, does that save time or > take longer?" > > - Chris > Using cvsup is the way to go for getting the latest ports. I believe that you can use cvsup without installing the ports collection from cd. I would suggest configuring the ports-supfile and running cvsup (cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile). You should also update your base with cvsup and make buildworld as described in the handbook. --Nick
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