Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:24:42 +0000 (GMT) From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: csup: How do I know I have correct version? Message-ID: <20111023102445.3102C106566B@hub.freebsd.org> References: <4EA1411B.3050300@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4EA13FA9.9030405@my.gd> <201110221023.p9MAN4NW007056@smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk> <4EA29FA1.2040706@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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from Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>: > Don't define PORTSSUPFILE in /etc/make.conf if you're using portsnap(1). > Apart from anything else, typing 'make update' in /usr/src will attempt > to cvsup not just the system sources but as well any of PORTS, DOC where > you've defined a ...SUPFILE. > In fact, without PORTSUPFILE defined in /etc/make.conf typing 'make > update' in /usr/ports will invoke portsnap for you, so long as you > obtained the ports tree by 'portsnap fetch extract' originally. > Cheers, > Matthew Now I know better how 'make update' works, though I looked at that target in /usr/src/Makefile. I find from experience that updating ports by two different means makes a mess or at least doesn't work. In 9.0-BETA1, I tried 'portsnap fetch update' some time after having installed the ports tree from the bsdinstall. That didn't work, and I had to 'portsnap fetch' and 'portsnap extract' as if I had never installed the ports tree from the bsdinstall. I guess then I can install the docs by 'csup /usr/share/examples/doc-supfile' ? That would be simpler and easier than installing misc/freebsd-doc-en from the ports. Tom
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