How to handle 'local' ports/packages?

[martinko]

Alex Zbyslaw wrote:
> freebsd-questions at auscert.org.au wrote:
> 
>> Ok, that's fine, but how can I have a port on my system that isn't in the
>> ports tree available to the world? I mean, won't anything I add to my
>> local
>> tree be deleted by cvsup'ing?
>>  
>>
> cvsup won't delete things you add, but I believe portsnap does.
> 
> I have a whole new port, and local patches for another in my /usr/ports
> tree and they just stay there.
> 
> hth,
> 
> --Alex
> 

i'm not so sure about portsnap -- i've got my new port in
/usr/ports/sysutils and portsnap does not touch it when updating.

m.