Re: [HOW-TO] cvsup for ports -- Re: compact portsnap db

2008-01-06 Thread Michael Lednev
Hello, Rudy. On 6 января 2008 г., 5:43:54 you wrote: Is there any way to compact /var/db/portsnap other than deleting it and doing postsnap fetch? R I don't like portsnap -- granted I've never typed the portsnap R command in my 10 years of FreeBSD R use. I use cvsup! Probably because

Re: [HOW-TO] cvsup for ports -- Re: compact portsnap db

2008-01-06 Thread Ian Smith
On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:31:29 Aryeh M. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rudy wrote: Michael Lednev wrote: Hello. Is there any way to compact /var/db/portsnap other than deleting it and doing postsnap fetch? Not really. /var/db/portsnap/files contains one file for each port,

Re: [HOW-TO] cvsup for ports -- Re: compact portsnap db

2008-01-06 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If you don't have cvsup installed, run this command: # pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui It is better to use all ports or all packages so either do: Why do you say that? Do you know of unresolved issues regarding the interactions of

Re: [HOW-TO] cvsup for ports -- Re: compact portsnap db

2008-01-06 Thread Gerard
On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:41:35 -0500 Aryeh M. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] 1. Csup is in the base system thus obvious preferred to either cvsup or portsnap Correct me if I am wrong; however, I thought that 'portsnap' was part of the base system. -- Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] I

Re: [HOW-TO] cvsup for ports -- Re: compact portsnap db

2008-01-06 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Gerard wrote: On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:41:35 -0500 Aryeh M. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] 1. Csup is in the base system thus obvious preferred to either cvsup or portsnap Correct me if I am wrong; however, I thought that 'portsnap' was part of the base system. Yes,

Re: [HOW-TO] cvsup for ports -- Re: compact portsnap db

2008-01-06 Thread Ian Smith
On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: If you don't have cvsup installed, run this command: # pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui It is better to use all ports or all packages so either do: Why do you say that? Do you know of unresolved issues regarding the

Re: [HOW-TO] cvsup for ports -- Re: compact portsnap db

2008-01-06 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ian Smith wrote: On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: If you don't have cvsup installed, run this command: # pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui It is better to use all ports or all packages so either do: Why do you say that? Do you know of

[HOW-TO] cvsup for ports -- Re: compact portsnap db

2008-01-05 Thread Rudy
Michael Lednev wrote: Hello. Is there any way to compact /var/db/portsnap other than deleting it and doing postsnap fetch? I don't like portsnap -- granted I've never typed the portsnap command in my 10 years of FreeBSD use. I use cvsup! More info:

Re: [HOW-TO] cvsup for ports -- Re: compact portsnap db

2008-01-05 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rudy wrote: Michael Lednev wrote: Hello. Is there any way to compact /var/db/portsnap other than deleting it and doing postsnap fetch? I don't like portsnap -- granted I've never typed the portsnap command in my 10 years of FreeBSD use. I