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Date:      Sat, 3 Apr 2004 01:35:39 +0000
From:      Andy Miller <andy@trit.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CVSup vs. portupgrade
Message-ID:  <20040403013539.GA95396@charade.trit.org>
In-Reply-To: <200404021927.31132.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com>
References:  <200404021927.31132.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com>

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On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 07:27:31PM -0600, Jay Moore wrote:
> Reading from the FreeBSD handbook on "Using the Ports Collection" leaves me a 
> bit confused wrt CVSup and portupgrade... do these utilities accomplish the 
> same thing?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jay
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No, they do not do the same thing.  cvsup retrieves the newest source for
a given repository.  portupgrade will upgrade an already installed port.

-Andy Miller



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