Ports collection issue

Andy Greenwood greenwood.andy at gmail.com
Fri Oct 27 12:42:01 UTC 2006


Is it possible to use csup with my existing cvsup files? I skimmed the
man page and it looks very similar. Is there any advantage to using
cvsup over csup?

On 10/27/06, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg <listsub at 401.cx> wrote:
> Lane wrote:
>
> > Adrian,
> >
> > Use /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui and create a cvsupfile.  You can then
> > selectively install src-all, src-contrib, ports-all and any of the various
> > ports sub-trees that you need (but stick with ports-all).
> >
> > cvsup will get the proper Makefiles and whatnot for you.
> >
> > Email me if you need help setting that up.
> >
> > lane
>
> I would recommend using csup instead of cvsup.
> It has fewer dependencies, is very lightweight and works very well
> if you just want to occasionally checkout ports or src.
> I believe that csup is also part of the basesystem in newer releases.
>
> --
> R
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