portsnap and cvsup for rebuilding world - Which one?

[frzburn]

Well, again, thanks for all your replies! =)
After all you told me, I guess this guides describes the right tools to use
and the right way for rebuilding world.

http://www.bsdguides.org/guides/freebsd/beginners/update_freebsd.php

Thanks!


frzburn


On 3/4/07, Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd8 at klop.yi.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:23:55 +0100, frzburn <frzburn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> [cut some text]
> > So here come my questions:
> > Is portsnap syncing the sources correctly for rebuilding world, or must
> I
> > use cvsup?
> > If so, of what use is portsnap if I must use cvsup for synchronizing my
> > source?
> >
> > In fact, I'm just looking at the most up-to-date/approved/correct
> > technique/tool to synchronize my source for ``rebuilding world'' with
> the
> > latest sources from FreeBSD-6-STABLE.
>
> Read this. It tells you why portsnap is invented. And why cvsup/csup is
> still better for other things then ports.
> http://www.daemonology.net/portsnap/
>
> Ronald.
> --
>   Ronald Klop
>   Amsterdam, The Netherlands
>