T tvs Jan 3, 2014 #1 Hi, Is it possible to know whether portsnap extract has been executed? Is it sufficient to check whether /usr/ports is empty? Thanks!
Hi, Is it possible to know whether portsnap extract has been executed? Is it sufficient to check whether /usr/ports is empty? Thanks!
nestux Jan 3, 2014 #2 Re: how to determine if 'portsnap extract' has been executed Yes, you can check if /usr/ports is empty. Or you can read /usr/ports/UPDATING from the top of the file to the date closest to the last time ports were upgraded or the system was installed.
Re: how to determine if 'portsnap extract' has been executed Yes, you can check if /usr/ports is empty. Or you can read /usr/ports/UPDATING from the top of the file to the date closest to the last time ports were upgraded or the system was installed.
chrbr Jan 3, 2014 #3 Re: how to determine if 'portsnap extract' has been executed Dear @tvs, Have you followed http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html? As far as I remember all related commands give a lot of output on the console. Last edited by a moderator: Oct 16, 2014
Re: how to determine if 'portsnap extract' has been executed Dear @tvs, Have you followed http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html? As far as I remember all related commands give a lot of output on the console.
