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Date:      Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:29:24 +0200
From:      martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to handle 'local' ports/packages?
Message-ID:  <e1e864$erp$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <4434FB68.8090809@dial.pipex.com>
References:  <200604061103.k36B3teN014554@app.auscert.org.au> <4434FB68.8090809@dial.pipex.com>

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Alex Zbyslaw wrote:
> freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au wrote:
> 
>> Ok, that's fine, but how can I have a port on my system that isn't in the
>> ports tree available to the world? I mean, won't anything I add to my
>> local
>> tree be deleted by cvsup'ing?
>>  
>>
> cvsup won't delete things you add, but I believe portsnap does.
> 
> I have a whole new port, and local patches for another in my /usr/ports
> tree and they just stay there.
> 
> hth,
> 
> --Alex
> 

i'm not so sure about portsnap -- i've got my new port in
/usr/ports/sysutils and portsnap does not touch it when updating.

m.




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