Portsnap -- update claims "up to date" but it's not.

[Dan Mahoney, System Admin]

On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Jay Chandler wrote:

> Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:
>> Maybe I'm just doing this completely wrong:
>> 
>> prime# portsnap update
>> Ports tree is already up to date.
>> prime# portsnap fetch
>> Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found.
>> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap3.FreeBSD.org... done.
>> Fetching snapshot metadata... done.
>> Updating from Mon Nov 12 18:16:16 EST 2007 to Tue Dec 25 21:36:54 EST 2007.
>> Fetching 4 metadata patches... done.
>> Applying metadata patches... done.
>> Fetching 4 metadata files...
>> [and so on]
>> 
>> Am I using this thing wrong?
>> 
>> -Dan
>
> Yup.  'portsnap fetch update' is the command I use-- the reverse order that 
> you're using 'em in.

Shouldn't I just need one of the two?

-Dan

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