Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:43:54 -0800 From: Rudy <crapsh@monkeybrains.net> To: Michael Lednev <liettneff@bk.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [HOW-TO] cvsup for ports -- Re: compact portsnap db Message-ID: <4780406A.9090906@monkeybrains.net> In-Reply-To: <579428539.20080105170507@bk.ru> References: <579428539.20080105170507@bk.ru>
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Michael Lednev wrote: > Hello. > > Is there any way to compact /var/db/portsnap other than deleting it > and doing postsnap fetch? > I don't like portsnap -- granted I've never typed the portsnap command in my 10 years of FreeBSD use. I use cvsup! More info: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html QUick HOW-TO Make a file called /usr/src/ports-supfile ------------------------------------------------- #/usr/src/ports-supfile *default host=cvsup8.FreeBSD.org *default base=/var/db *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=. *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress ports-all ------------------------------------------------- Then, run this command: cvsup /usr/src/ports-supfile If you don't have cvsup installed, run this command: # pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui For more info on the supfile, look at this file on your FreeBSD machine: /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile Preferring cvsup to portsnap is kinda like preferring vim over emacs... It's a holy war and the vi/cvsup side uses less disk space. - Rudy
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