using make to use a specific mirror while building ports

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 04:28:41AM +0000, Tadimeti Keshav wrote:
> hi
> 2 questions pls.
> 
> 1.I happened to come across a fairly fast mirror while
> doing a CVSup.
> How can I configure make to use this mirror (as a
> first preference over ftp.freebsd.org) while making
> apps from ports.

cvsup mirrors aren't FTP mirrors, but assuming you actually meant "how
do I configure make to fetch from an alternate ftp mirror?", read the
/etc/defaults/make.conf file (/usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf on
5.x) to see how.

> 2. Instead of using cvsup to upgrade the ports tree,
> is there a command to upgrade a specific port, say,
> XMMS.

Install the portupgrade port.

Kris
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