--- Erik Norgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > saravanan ganapathy wrote: > > > > Yah. I had a mistake and corrected. > > > > It takes longtime to update the ports. I am not > sure > > abt my config. Should I change anything else? > > How long it takes depends on the number of changes, > first time will > probably take a longer. You can speed up in two > ways: instead of > ports-all specify the parts you want updated. Or, > use a refuse file. > > The two methods work oposite: with the first you > actively select the > parts you want with refuse file you active select > the parts you don't want. > > I recommend the latter because some times the ports > tree is reorganized > and you won't get new groups if you use the first > method. > > Whichever you choose, sometimes you get surprised: I > found a nice tool > for converting chm-files to html in the chinese > collection!?? >
Since I am very new to freebsd, I am not sure abt the ports collections which I don't want. I am trying to use freebsd for web hosting servers.Can you list the ports which are not useful for servers? How to use refuse file? Sarav __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"