Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:57:57 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When Is The Ports Tree Going To Be Updated? Message-ID: <50B39185.7000309@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <50B38CF8.7060603@freebsd.org> 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> <CAAdA2WMVmtdsC3zpjz3WsmdopsuavhcVTC8TFuG-n_auPB77rg@mail.gmail.com> <50B377F4.1020507@freebsd.org> <k900u9$62c$1@ger.gmane.org> <50B38CF8.7060603@freebsd.org>
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On 11/26/12 15:38, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 26/11/2012 15:13, Michael Powell wrote: >> 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/. > > SVN keeps a 2nd pristine copy of everything you check out in that .svn > directory. It's necessary when you use it for development work, but > otherwise, as you say, a waste of space. > >> 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? > > freebsd-update will have some overhead -- it downloads changesets to > somewhere under /var before expanding them onto the system. I haven't > measured how much this amounts to compared to SVN, but I'd assume if you > limit yourself to updating just the system sources with freebsd-update > then it should use up less space than using SVN. Normally > freebsd-update would have updates to compiled programs as well, which > could move the goalposts significantly. I use freebsd-update just to fetch src rather than do binary updates and I have: fileserver# du -sh /var/db/freebsd-update/ 460k /var/db/freebsd-update/
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