On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:05 -0500, "Chris Bennett" <ch...@bennettconstruction.biz> wrote: > A while back on some thread, someone said that they ran -current > versions for a long while, updating ports tree for that snapshot and > could "run" with that particular -current as long as they liked by > adding packages as needed by building with that ports snapshot, rather > than using a later ports tree or packages. > > This seems like it could be a good way to jump forward but not need to > constantly update even if a new package is needed, since ports tree > holds proper builds for that snapshot at that time. > > Do I understand this correctly that this will work just fine?
That is how I sometimes use -snapshots. I'll download today's i386 snapshot and the snapshot ports.tar.gz. I'll then install and run such a system for a year or so, sometimes less. I've not had issues with this approach. In these instances, I do not update the base install or the ports tree. I just use what I downloaded at that date and time. Brad
