Cvsup verses Portsnap

[David Stanford]

On 5/13/06, Aren Olvalde Tyr <aren.tyr at gawab.com> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 13 May 2006 18:35, Tom Moore wrote:
> > Hi guys.
> > Which program is best for retrieving and keeping the ports tree up to
> date?
> > What are some pros and cons of each approach?
> > Is one method better than the other?
>
> Both systems are very efficient and work extremely well, so you won't go
> too
> far wrong with either. However, I believe Portsnap has the edge and uses
> less
> bandwidth.
>
> Keeping your Ports tree up to date with Portsnap is as simple as
>
> #portsnap fetch && portsnap update


Or as of 6.0-RELEASE, just:

# portsnap fetch update    ;)

Assuming, of course, you've already extracted the tree...

Aren.


-David