Obtaining ports collection

2003-06-20 Thread Jim Xochellis 
Hi List,

I have a very slow connection an I want to update the ports collection 
of my FreeBSD 4.7(i386) Release box. Somehow I have managed to download 
the collection from the 
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports.tar.gz; and 
I have expanded it into a new /usr/ports/ directory, renaming my old 
collection to /usr/ports.bak/ To you think that this trick will 
actually work, or am I violating some rules? Is the ports collection of 
the current branch appropriate for my FreeBSD 4.7 box or not? Is 
there any other link from  were I should download a more appropriate 
ports collection?

Thank you very much for your time
Jim Xochellis
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Re: Obtaining ports collection

2003-06-20 Thread Simon Barner 
Hi,

 I have a very slow connection an I want to update the ports collection 
 of my FreeBSD 4.7(i386) Release box. Somehow I have managed to download 
 the collection from the 
 ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports.tar.gz; and 
 I have expanded it into a new /usr/ports/ directory, renaming my old 
 collection to /usr/ports.bak/ To you think that this trick will 
 actually work, or am I violating some rules?

While this will of course work, there is no need to download the whole
collection via ftp. CVSup might have been a faster alternative:

   http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cvsup.html

As a supfile, you should use modified copy of
/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile

You can als re-use your source tar-balls from you old ports tree (the
are in /usr/ports.bak/distfiles now

More information about the p.c. can be found here:
   
   http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports-using.html
   
 Is the ports collection of 
 the current branch appropriate for my FreeBSD 4.7 box or not?

Yes, there is only a current branch of the ports collection. While it is
recommended to use a -STABLE box with an up-to-date p.c., most of the
ports should work on your 4.7 box.

Simon
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