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Date:      Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:31:03 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        cothrige <cothrige@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Newbie questions about updating
Message-ID:  <441wdav3nc.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <adb998e60709070853w3b310d55i244f86c00bada9e7@mail.gmail.com> (cothrige@gmail.com's message of "Fri\, 7 Sep 2007 10\:53\:09 -0500")
References:  <adb998e60709062235y629b7eedjd9e00de98432c313@mail.gmail.com> <46E0ED32.4020409@pacific.net.sg> <adb998e60709070853w3b310d55i244f86c00bada9e7@mail.gmail.com>

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cothrige <cothrige@gmail.com> writes:

> Sorry.  What I really had in mind was the ports tree itself, which I
> had an option during install to add.  BTW, I answered yes to this and
> so had that which was on the 6.2 install disc.  Based on the other
> responses, it is looking like perhaps that is not the best method, and
> maybe I should have skipped that and then added the ports after the
> install using cvsup or such.  This is certainly a good thing to know
> for the future, though as of right now I am dealing with the disc
> install method.

That works fine, but to save yourself a bit of annoyance
later, see the cvsup FAQ for how to "adopt" that ports 
tree before trying to update it.



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