Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-12 Thread Thomas Mueller
subversion among other ports, then subsequently switch to svn. This would also work, I would guess, if ports tree is installed by bsdinstall or sysinstall. Question arises whether the ports tree as downloaded in tarball by ftp would be compatible/in sync with portsnap or svn. If in any doubt

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-11 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:37:03 + (UTC), Helmut Schneider wrote: Hi, I'm running a custom kernel so I (guess I) need svn in future to fetch sources instead of cvsup. Should I still use portsnap then for ports or also fetch them via svn? Polytropon responded: Ports and system sources are

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-11 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Thomas Mueller muelle...@insightbb.com wrote: How do you get the ports tree or svn in that case if not using portsnap? You use pkg_add (or the youngest newcomer pkg) -- chs, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-11 Thread Helmut Schneider
Thomas Mueller wrote: On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:37:03 + (UTC), Helmut Schneider wrote: Hi, I'm running a custom kernel so I (guess I) need svn in future to fetch sources instead of cvsup. Should I still use portsnap then for ports or also fetch them via svn? Polytropon responded:

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-11 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:15:24 -0400, Thomas Mueller wrote: One question comes up that I didn't think of immediately. How do you use svn on a fresh install of FreeBSD, no ports yet? svn/subversion is not part of the base system. How do you get the ports tree or svn in that case if not

svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-09 Thread Helmut Schneider
Hi, I'm running a custom kernel so I (guess I) need svn in future to fetch sources instead of cvsup. Should I still use portsnap then for ports or also fetch them via svn? Thanks, Helmut ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-09 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:37:03 + (UTC), Helmut Schneider wrote: Hi, I'm running a custom kernel so I (guess I) need svn in future to fetch sources instead of cvsup. Should I still use portsnap then for ports or also fetch them via svn? Ports and system sources are managed independently.

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-09 Thread Helmut Schneider
are managed independently. You can use whatever tool you want. The question should read: If I need to install svn anyway, is there an advantage of portsnap over svn to fetch ports. Note that portsnap might not deliver the most current ports tree for a given point in time. For short time deltas

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-09 Thread Polytropon
then for ports or also fetch them via svn? Ports and system sources are managed independently. You can use whatever tool you want. The question should read: If I need to install svn anyway, is there an advantage of portsnap over svn to fetch ports. As I said, it depends. If you don't

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-09 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Helmut Schneider jumpe...@gmx.de wrote: Currently I'm updating ports and src twice a day so I will keep using svn for both. While you certainly can, isn't it a bit excessive to update so frequently? Remember, it's not just fetching the sources and ports, you must

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-09 Thread Helmut Schneider
C. P. Ghost wrote: On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Helmut Schneider jumpe...@gmx.de wrote: Currently I'm updating ports and src twice a day so I will keep using svn for both. While you certainly can, isn't it a bit excessive to update so frequently? Remember, it's not just fetching the