From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 28 20:10:28 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 35DBD70F for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:10:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (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 DA58E1A82 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:10:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.27] (rbn1-216-180-76-248.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s7SKAQis030757 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:10:26 -0500 Message-ID: <53FF8E28.2010308@hiwaay.net> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:16:40 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports question .... References: <53FF8675.2070009@hiwaay.net> <53FF8860.8000405@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53FF8860.8000405@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:10:28 -0000 I think that is what I am asking .... To be more precise, how often should I check to see if it is updated, weekly, monthly, other .... I guess that is the nub of the question .... On 08/28/14 14:52, Jungle Boogie wrote: > Dear William, > -------------------------------------------- > From: William A. Mahaffey III > Sent: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:43:49 -0500 > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Ports question .... >> >> >> .... How do I check to see if the ports collection has been updated ? I had >> some problems a week or so ago getting some stuff to compile. There were some >> later posts alluding to some ports being a bit stale .... If that was my >> problem, I'd like to update & try again .... > Your ports collection is only updated when you portsnap fetch update: > Updating from Thu Jul 31 14:03:55 PDT 2014 to Thu Aug 28 12:19:25 PDT 2014 > > Above is my update, which may or may not be identical to yours so read > carefully on your system. > > Is that what you're asking? > >> > > -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.