Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:16:40 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports question .... Message-ID: <53FF8E28.2010308@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <53FF8860.8000405@gmail.com> References: <53FF8675.2070009@hiwaay.net> <53FF8860.8000405@gmail.com>
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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 <wam@hiwaay.net> > 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.
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