On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 22:14:30 -0500 Jud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> probably wrote:
> If you do want to update ports at some point and have FTP access you can > download the full ports tarball from <URL: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports-stable/ports.tar.gz>. > Or use CTM by ftp: go to <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/CTM/ports-cur/>, download the latest `Empty' delta, download all deltas after it, put them in /var/somewhere, cd /usr/ports, remove everything, run $ ctm /var/somewhere/* maybe delete the deltas you downloaded, and whenever you want to update your ports, download the next set of deltas, starting from the first one you didn't download (/usr/ports/.ctm_status will tell you the last applied delta) without the empty ones, of course, and re-run ctm. This just saves you download time, as you don't have to download the same unmodified files friom the collection, you just get the differences. This has a drawback of if you have fsck'd up your ports tree, you won't be able to restore it unless you store all the deltas. > Jud > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- DoubleF Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
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