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| author | Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> | 2021-06-29 20:32:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> | 2021-06-29 20:32:05 +0000 |
| commit | 554d62acd0880b3f8f9ad6f10d3f302915e7a37a (patch) | |
| tree | 4459779883158a8533aeb4002c9b5d95c3970b36 | |
| parent | 6e6a650c0dba453c7728e027e96a5fc2058bc7e5 (diff) | |
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handbook/ports: Note that portsnap only tracks the main branch.
PR: 251279
Reported by: Fred <fjs.usa01@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: crees
Obtained from: bjk
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D27843
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diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc index 38d84a4154..d5dda2a9ab 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc @@ -670,6 +670,13 @@ This is a fast and user-friendly tool for retrieving the Ports Collection and is This utility connects to a FreeBSD site, verifies the secure key, and downloads a new copy of the Ports Collection. The key is used to verify the integrity of all downloaded files. +Note that Portsnap updates are generated from a snapshot of the main +branch of the Ports Collection and cannot be configured to use a +different branch (for example, `quarterly`). +If it is necessary to use a different branch of the Ports Collection +(for instance as referenced earlier in conjunction with binary +packages), then the <<ports-using-git-method,Git method>> must be used. + . To download a compressed snapshot of the Ports Collection into [.filename]#/var/db/portsnap#: + [source,shell] |