best time to sync

Kurt Jaeger lists at opsec.eu
Fri Nov 18 15:29:47 UTC 2016


Hello,

> Can someone tell me what the best time to synchronize ports is,
> in terms of having a consistent ports tree?

> Thought I saw something once about the end of the weekend being best
> but can't find it.  In any case, is there a period during which the 
> ports tree is held frozen to get a consistent build?

If you want to have a more stable ports tree, use the
quarterlies, for example:

mkdir ~/q4
cd ~/q4
svn checkout https://svn.freebsd.org/ports/branches/2016Q4 .

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