FreeBSD/Cvsup

Ports
 Using cvsup to stay up to date:


 * 1) This file: /usr/local/etc/ports-supfile
 * 2) To update the ports:
 * 3) /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 /usr/local/etc/ports-supfile
 * 4) Required (or nearly-required) defaults
 * default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress
 * 1) Required (or nearly-required) defaults
 * default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress


 * 1) Reasonable defaults
 * default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org
 * default base=/var/db
 * default prefix=/usr

ports-all tag=. 
 * 1) What to get

Using portsnap to stay up to date:

There is also a program called portsnap,, which is another good way to keep your ports tree up to date. Portsnap can be slightly more convenient, since it is part of the base system since FreeBSD 6.1 and doesn't require installing the  port. To get the ports tree for the first time: portsnap fetch extract To update the ports tree: portsnap fetch update 