On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Ed Flecko <edfle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you Roland; I didn't know portsnap is part of the base install. > > :-) > > >From a book that I have (Absolute FreeBSD - 2nd Edition), it says" > > PORTSNAP VS. CSUP > Use either portsnap(8) or csup(1) to update the Ports Collection, but > not both. The > two tools are incompatible. This line is correct > csup is most useful if you are tracking > -stable or -current, > This line is an opinion, one I disagree with. > while portsnap is best for production systems where you use binary updates. > > This is also an opinion, but I agree with it. Just use portsnap unless you're used to doing the old way. First time run: portsnap fetch extract anytime you want to update thereafter: portsnap fetch update -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
