From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org  Sat Apr 16 15:08:43 2016
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org
 [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1])
 by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13321AEDBFB
 for <freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org>;
 Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:08:43 +0000 (UTC)
 (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de)
Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (Client did not present a certificate)
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D03011128
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:08:42 +0000 (UTC)
 (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de)
Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-71-243.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.71.243])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8A5C276E1;
 Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:08:37 +0200 (CEST)
Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1])
 by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id u3GF8bOl002698;
 Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:08:37 +0200 (CEST)
 (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de)
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:08:37 +0200
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: JosC <bsduser@cloudzeeland.nl>
Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: Ports upgrade script
Message-Id: <20160416170837.81dddb26.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <a8dfe6e8-dc62-6ecf-c7d1-d4902140f708@cloudzeeland.nl>
References: <2daca22c-7719-0776-fbe8-3c37021298bf@cloudzeeland.nl>
 <20160416122425.b603d040.freebsd@edvax.de>
 <a8dfe6e8-dc62-6ecf-c7d1-d4902140f708@cloudzeeland.nl>
Reply-To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Organization: EDVAX
X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2)
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:08:43 -0000

On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:23:32 +0200, JosC wrote:
> 
> In een bericht van 16-4-2016 12:24:
> > Use either portsnap (binary upgrade) or svn (source upgrade) to keep 
> > your ports collection current. In your specific case, I'd probably be 
> > a good idea to entirely remove /usr/ports (or rename it) and start 
> > with a fresh copy, to be obtained by _one_ of the two methods.
> Thanks for your suggestion - what I don't understand is why my /user/src 
> folder is emty.

Terminology sidenote: The thing is called a directory, not "folder";
"folder" is the name of the graphical representation of a directory. :-)



> Is that normal using portsnap?

Yes. As the name _port_snap indicates, it only updates the ports
collection, which is in /usr/ports. The /usr/src directory belongs
to the OS and can be updated using freebsd-update, if you have the
"src" component enabled in /etc/freebsd-update.conf (which is the
default, if I remember correctly).

Basically, freebsd-update can be used to update the kernel, the OS,
and the /usr/src subtree. This directory could as well be updated
using svn, but _then_ you'd have to build your system from that
sources in order to upgrade it. As I said, starting with a clean
/usr/src and then using either svn for it (and omitting "src" from
the freebsd-update.conf settings) or freebsd-update (_with_ the
"src" component).


-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...