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List:       freebsd-ports
Subject:    Re: csup vs portsnap was: fresh install of kde4 fails -> japanese/kiten
From:       RW <rwmaillists () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2012-08-31 23:49:54
Message-ID: 20120901004954.450b4301 () gumby ! homeunix ! com
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On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:27:14 -0700
Jim Pazarena wrote:


> Which is the recommended way to stay PORT current? portsnap or csup?
> I will switch to portsnap, but it is pretty slow compared to csup.

In normal use portsnap should be much faster than csup. 

The initial "portsnap extract" is much slower than a normal "update",
and fetching the first compressed snapshot or updating a really ancient
one is slower than a normal "fetch" - beyond that portsnap is very fast.
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