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[LuMiWa]

On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:24:29 +0100
Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:14:58 -0600, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
> > Just for my education: is there any advantage in using git
> > like that instead of portsnap?
> 
> From my limited understanding:
> 
> With portsnap, you get a snapshot, while a git update will
> always provide you with the most recent tree (compare the
> use of "freebsd-update" regarding the /usr/src tree vs. the
> use of former SVN checkout). The snapshot has a certain
> "delay" compared to the most recent version.
> 
> Except... to use git, you'll have to install it, while you
> can use portsnap (and freebsd-update) from base. :-)
> 
> 
> 

I like prtsnap and is okay for me but I did read that portsnap will be
deprecated and this is the reason to switch to git.

To everyone: Thank you very much for the help.

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