On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 09:07:07PM -0400, Chris Hill wrote: > On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, Olivier Nicole wrote: > > >Hi Chris, > > > >>The FreeBSD handbook section 4.5.1 describes several methods for > >>obtaining the ports collection including CVSup, Portsnap, and sysinstall. > >> > >>Section 4.5.1 also describes how to update the ports collection, but > >>only for the CVSup and Portsnap methods. > >> > >>Q1: How do I update the ports collection after using sysinstall to > >>obtain it? > > > >I cannot speak for postsnap, but for cvsup: > > csup works (almost?) the same as cvsup, and is in the base system > nowadays. I used to install cvsup, but now I only install fastest_cvsup; > it's just a utility to find the fastest server for you at the moment. > > >Some may correct me, but I use a file that contains: > > > >*default tag=. > >*default host=cvsup2.jp.FreeBSD.org > >*default base=/var/db > >*default prefix=/usr > >*default release=cvs > >*default delete use-rel-suffix > >*default compress > >ports-all > > I do the same, and run csup as: > > csup -g -h `/usr/local/bin/fastest_cvsup -Q -c us` /etc/supfile.ports
You can set
SUPHOST= `/usr/local/bin/fastest_cvsup -Q -c us`
SUPFLAGS= -g
in /etc/make.conf and save yourself some typing.
Dan
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