On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:05:16 +0100 Olivier SMEDTS <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/3/10 Nataraj S Narayan <[email protected]>: > > Hi > > > > After a 'portsnap fetch' is it portsnap extract or is it portsnap > > update? What is the proper way? > > Hello, > > "portsnap extract" extracts the entire ports tree, "replacing existing > files and directories" (from the manpage). "portsnap update" only > extracts the updated ports (after a "portsnap fetch") since the last > extract or update. > > Example : > Your ports tree is empty... you use "portsnap fetch extract". > After some time, some ports are updated. You use "portsnap fetch > update" to update your ports tree (after a fetch of course). Just to elaborate a little, you also need to do an extract if the tree has been obtained or updated by other means. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
