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--- freebsd [09/10/2011 18:53] – [Avoiding ports] admin
+++ freebsd [09/11/2011 07:50] (current) – [Avoiding ports] admin
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   * Base system with 8.2-RELEASE, kept up-to-date with freebsd-update fetch and freebsd-update install
   * Keep your ports tree updated as shown above
-  * Set .profile environment variable PACKAGESITE for 8-STABLE to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-stable
+  * Set .profile environment variable PACKAGESITE for 8-STABLE to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-stable/Latest/
-  * Install packages using portupgrade -vaRrPP. Portupgrade tries to find the package version given by the updated ports tree
+  * Install packages using portupgrade -vaRrPP so that portupgrade tries to find the package version given by the updated ports tree and stops when the package is not available