How often cvsup the ports?

Andrew P. infofarmer at gmail.com
Thu Oct 6 05:21:02 PDT 2005


On 10/6/05, Mikael Backman <mback99 at telia.com> wrote:
> Hi.
> I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then.
> How often should I cvsup the ports?
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If you like being up-to-date, you should consider
using portsnap, which is much more efficient than
cvsup. You can update every other couple of hours
then - and you'll probably waste less bandwidth
in a week than you would with cvsup in one run.


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