On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 09:26:39PM +0100, RW wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:23:57 -0500
> Brooks Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I really wish sysinstall would install a copy of ports created by
> > portsnap and provide an option to install the associated working
> > files. As things stan
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:23:57 -0500
Brooks Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I really wish sysinstall would install a copy of ports created by
> portsnap and provide an option to install the associated working
> files. As things stand, I never install the ports collection from
> sysinstall becaus
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 12:29:54PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm a longtime OpenBSD user admin'ing my first FreeBSD box. During
> installation of the system (6.2-RELEASE), I saw the option to add the
> ports tree and did so, figuring it made sense to add at that point
> since I'd definit
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 12:29:54PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What I'd really like to be able to do is used portsnap, which seems
> like a great tool, but preserve all of the information about my
> existing packages. I have no idea if I can just wipe out my old
> /usr/ports and run "port
I'm a longtime OpenBSD user admin'ing my first FreeBSD box. During
installation of the system (6.2-RELEASE), I saw the option to add the
ports tree and did so, figuring it made sense to add at that point
since I'd definitely be using it later. Unfortunatley, I've just now
discovered -- after in