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Add a section about the migration away from CVSup towards portsnap.

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Benedict Reuschling 2012-10-10 17:12:49 +00:00
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</procedure> </procedure>
</sect2> </sect2>
<sect2 id="cvsup-migration">
<title>Migrating from CVSup/csup to portsnap</title>
<warning>
<para>By February 28, 2013 the ports tree will no longer be
exported to <application>CVS</application> and therefore
<application>CVSup</application> and
<application>csup</application> will no longer provide
updates for the ports tree.</para>
</warning>
<procedure>
<title>Migration to Portsnap</title>
<para>The migration will require about 1&nbsp;GB of disk space
on <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>, plus
<application>Portsnap</application> requires about
150&nbsp;MB disk space on <filename
class="directory">/var</filename>.</para>
<step>
<para>Disable any automated ports updates you may use, such
as a &man.cron.8; job calling
<application>CVSup</application> or
<application>csup</application>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Move the existing ports tree to a temporary location:
</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mv /usr/ports /usr/ports.old</userinput></screen>
</step>
<step>
<para>Fetch the new ports tree with
<application>Portsnap</application> and extract it to
<filename class="directory">/usr/ports</filename>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsnap fetch extract</userinput></screen>
</step>
<step>
<para>Move distfiles and saved packages to the new ports
tree:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mv /usr/ports.old/distfiles /usr/ports</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>mv /usr/ports.old/packages /usr/ports</userinput></screen>
</step>
<step>
<para>Delete the old ports tree:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>rm -rf /usr/ports.old</userinput></screen>
</step>
<step>
<para>If <application>CVSup</application> was used before,
it can now be uninstalled:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_delete -r -v cvsup-without-gui-\*</userinput></screen>
<para>Users of <application>pkgng</application> can use the
following command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg remove cvsup-without-gui</userinput></screen>
</step>
</procedure>
<para>See <link linkend="updating-upgrading-portsnap">Using
Portsnap</link> for a detailed description of
<application>Portsnap</application> and how to update the
ports tree with <application>Portsnap</application>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="ports-skeleton"> <sect2 id="ports-skeleton">
<title>Installing Ports</title> <title>Installing Ports</title>