7.0-snap on iBook G4 + few questions

[Ben Kelly]

Peter Grehan wrote:
>  You should just grab the ports collection, untar it, and manually build 
> the ones you want:
> 
>   ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ports.tar.gz

You could also try portsnap(8), which I believe is now in the base 
system.  I think this will set you up with a fresh ports tree and also 
provide a fast way to update it as well.

To start a new ports tree the commands are:

   portsnap fetch
   portsnap extract

Just a thought.

- Ben