In theory that seems like an OK idea, but I figured I would probably setup a mirror as I update a bunch of servers, so getting one to house a local copy for the others to sync to seemed like a decent goal.
Also, and by all means correct me if I am wrong, but I want to sync not only with /usr/ports, but also with /usr/src, and /usr/doc, and I was under the impression that portsnap was only for ports, which would still leave me holding the bag on the OS sources and such.. --- Howard Leadmon - how...@leadmon.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Larkin [mailto:glar...@freebsd.org] > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 10:28 AM > To: Howard Leadmon > Cc: trond.endres...@fagskolen.gjovik.no; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: Trouble updating Sources via subversion? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/4/12 10:16 AM, Howard Leadmon wrote: > > See inline.. > > > >> -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: Trouble updating Sources > >> via subversion? > >> > >> On Thu, 4 Oct 2012 09:27-0400, Howard Leadmon wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> OK, I have over the past few years updated and tracked various > >>> source using cvsup, and with freebsd progressing to where it > >>> now uses > > subversion > >> it > >>> seemed time to move over. > >>> > >>> I seem to be running into a problem doing this, and I wanted to > >>> see if anyone had a cloo they could offer on how to resolve > >>> this, so that > > hopefully > >>> I can get my collections of FBSD boxes back where they need to > >>> be on updates. > >>> > > [...] > > Hi Howard, > > I know this doesn't answer the question about the svn problems you've > been encountering, but have you considered using portsnap to keep your > /usr/ports tree up to date? One of it's advantages is that you'll > save space by not housing the /usr/ports/.svn directory created by > "svn checkout". > > Once portsnap has populated the tree the first time, it's super-fast > keeping it up to date, and it's easily invoked from a nightly cron job. > > Hope that helps, > Greg > - -- > Greg Larkin > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve > http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. > http://twitter.com/cpucycle/ - Follow you, follow me > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlBtnNYACgkQ0sRouByUApCTbACgydL2s1QpChm0yhG/fLAFGl > ix > SBEAnjZ9zMkJU8XWYzN1sOmVOVzQZ+xA > =iuQ1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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"
