dhoomketu.net.in

To update the ports tree you must run the commands as root.

Install cvsup package. Run following commands


pkg_add -r cvsup
rehash


Run 'rehash' iff you are using sh/csh/tcsh. No need if you are running bash.

Create a file /tmp/cvs-supfile.
Put following in that file


*default host=freebsd.mirrors.tds.net
*default base=/usr
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs
*default delete use-rel-suffix
*default compress
*default tag=.
ports-all


To update the ports tree

cvsup -z -g -L 2 /tmp/cvs-supfile

To update the package index


cd /usr/ports && make fetchindex