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Date:      Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:01:37 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Simon Maginnity <smaginnity@ccw.vic.edu.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Download the whole ports tree
Message-ID:  <20051216070137.GA55600@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <BFC88E91.25EA%smaginnity@ccw.vic.edu.au>
References:  <BFC88E91.25EA%smaginnity@ccw.vic.edu.au>

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On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 03:32:33PM +1100, Simon Maginnity wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>                     I have unlimited bandwidth for the next month or so a=
nd
> will not have access to the net again for a few month?s after January. Wh=
at
> I would like to do is grab a copy of the whole freeBSD ports tree while I
> can, so I can just play with different programs and things at will on a t=
est
> server. Really just for my own amusement.
>=20
> Is it possible to get a copy of the whole ports tree down if I have enough
> free space etc etc, or just a copy of one branch like www???

The ports tree is not all that large..are you asking about fetching
every port distfile?

Kris

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