From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 15:13:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2948FA9C for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:13:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8E358FC16 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:13:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Td0NT-0006UW-9z for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:13:43 +0100 Received: from pool-173-79-84-117.washdc.fios.verizon.net ([173.79.84.117]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:13:43 +0100 Received: from nightrecon by pool-173-79-84-117.washdc.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:13:43 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Subject: Re: When Is The Ports Tree Going To Be Updated? Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:13:40 -0500 Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <50B2A57A.3050500@tundraware.com> <50B2A8D8.90301@FreeBSD.org> <50B2AA07.8090103@tundraware.com> <201211251856.40381.lumiwa@gmail.com> <50B2BEE1.9030903@tundraware.com> <50B31AAB.6000903@FreeBSD.org> <50B36500.7040308@tundraware.com> <50B377F4.1020507@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-79-84-117.washdc.fios.verizon.net X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@hotmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:13:35 -0000 Matthew Seaman wrote: [snip] >> >> And now I need to find an alternative to handle the src updates using svn >> or something... > > SVN works, but isn't amazingly quick. If you're on a release branch you > can get the src (and just the src) using freebsd-update(8), which should > be pretty speedy and which I think is going to be the officially blessed > method for non-developers to keep up to date. Although anyone will > still be able to use SVN if they want to. > > You'll need to tweak /etc/freebsd-update.conf slightly to get just the > system sources. It's pretty obvious what to do. > As a result of the security incident I switched away from csup and am now using portsnap for ports, and svn for source. The only disconcerting item I noticed is the 500-some MB .svn directory now under /usr/src/. Can using freebsd-update for source update(s) eliminate the need for this 500MB waste of space? Or is there some switch for svn which could accomplish same? Thanks - Mike