Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:33:39 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Idea about the ports tree included in the release Message-ID: <20071125213339.GB57513@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <4747E337.7060400@FreeBSD.org> References: <4747A1FB.9000707@FreeBSD.org> <4747E337.7060400@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 09:39:19AM +0100, Alex Dupre wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: > > In thinking about the guy who posted to -stable about using the tar'ed > > up version of the ports tree, I had an idea that would make that more > > useful. How hard would it be to include the c[v]sup checkouts file > > with the tarball, and install it into some standard location? > > And why not the portsnap database instead? It seems the > default/recommended method today. That would save me 42Mb to download each time :-P But euhm.. it should only be installed on systems which are installed cleanly, not on systems being upgraded via cdrom images. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/
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