Ports upgrade

Wesley Shields wxs at atarininja.org
Wed Apr 11 13:01:01 UTC 2007


On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 03:45:52PM +0530, sac wrote:
> If you want to update the ports directory `cvsup' is the best to use.

You can use csup, cvsup or portsnap.  Personally, I prefer portsnap but
you can use whatever you like.

> If you are using the latest version of FreeBSD, then cvsup will be in the
> default install or you have to install the package and run:

csup is in the default install of 6.2, not cvsup.

> cvsup -L 2 -h cvsup3.FreeBSD.org
> <http://cvsup3.freebsd.org/>/usr/share/examples/cvsup
> /ports-supfile
> 
> For futher information check section 4.5 of Freebsd Handbook.
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html
> 
> sac.

-- WXS


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