portsnap - a better cvsup

By Jonathan on January 9, 2006 1:05 PM | 2 Comments | No TrackBacks

There's a new cat in the forest when it comes to keeping your /usr/ports tree updated - portsnap. It does it a little better than trust old cvsup.

Good discussion about it here on the PC-BSD forums:

portsnap instead of cvsup

A short discussion about portsnap and why it is better than cvsup:

FreeBSD Portsnap

And, of course, the FreeBSD.org doc page about it:

Using Portsnap

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Michael Soulier | January 25, 2006 2:59 PM | Reply

Is portsnap available to versions prior to 6? I'm using 5.4 myself at the moment with no real inclination to upgrade.

Jonathan Arnold | January 25, 2006 3:28 PM | Reply

I think you can just install the one found in the /usr/ports/systutils . It comes pre-installed in 6.0, but for earlier systems, you should be able to use the port.

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