Re: Downloading ports tree again

On Tue Jan 15, 2008 03:39PM, Manolis Kiagias wrote:
Trey Sizemore wrote:
I have used portsnap to download the ports tree. Recently, I've removed
/usr/ports/* and now need to download the ports tree again.

However, running portnap fetch results in:
"Ports tree hasn't changed since last snapshot
No updates needed"

How can I 'reset' portsnap and get the ports tree again?

Thanks!

I would first try a "portsnap extract" and see if this extracts the
whole ports tree again (from what I understand from the man page, it
will)

Otherwise, portsnap saves its state in /var/db/portsnap. You could try
deleting the files in there.


Thanks, using "portsnap extract" did it.

--
Cheers,
Trey
----

Do not seek death; death will find you.
But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
--Dag Hammarskjold

Linux valkyrie 2.6.22.13-0.3-bigsmp i686 GNU/Linux
4:51pm up 9:34, 5 users, load average: 0.33, 0.88, 1.00

Attachment: pgpVFWWOGcsEW.pgp
Description: PGP signature

Relevant Pages

  • Downloading ports tree again
    ... I have used portsnap to download the ports tree. ... running portnap fetch results in: ... "Ports tree hasn't changed since last snapshot ... How can I 'reset' portsnap and get the ports tree again? ...
    (freebsd-questions)
  • Re: RFC: NO_FOO knobs in make.conf
    ... we've already talked this to death. ... That would be inconsistent with the ports tree. ... Kris ...
    (freebsd-arch)
  • Re: nubie question - Ports - Ruby 1.8.4
    ... # portsnap extract ... So I skipped extract. ... The ports tree installed by the CD was made at the same time the release ... By contrast, as explained above, sysinstall will install the ...
    (freebsd-questions)
  • Re: nubie question - Ports - Ruby 1.8.4
    ... > # portsnap extract ... During sysinstall it had asked me if I wanted the ports collection ... The ports tree installed by the CD was made at the same time the release ... By contrast, as explained above, sysinstall will install the ...
    (freebsd-questions)
  • Re: please test: Secure ports tree updating
    ... > I've written portsnap. ... the ports snapshots ... Similarly, portsnap isn't in the ports tree yet, but it ... To unsubscribe, ...
    (FreeBSD-Security)