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From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:19:03 -0700
To: Kurt Abahar <xverify@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Keeping Ports and Packages Synchronized
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On Jul 26, 2007, at 4:14 PM, Kurt Abahar wrote:
> I'm trying to find a way to keep the ports tree
> synchronized with that from which the latest packages
> in packages-6-stable were built.
>
> Is there a way to accomplish this?

Sure, you probably want something like "portupgrade -P" or  
"portupgrade -PP" options.  Note that if you have reason to select  
non-default options, you're better off building the ports locally to  
suit your preferences...

-- 
-Chuck