http update ports tree using subversion

[cssdev at mac.com]

On Oct 25, 2006, at 8:18 PM, BB wrote:

> Thanks, I have subversion 1.4 installed and had no problem checking  
> out the tree.
>
> Would the following amended instructions work?
>
> 1. Checkout ports tree and place in standard MacPorts location:
> cd /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/
> svn co http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports \
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports
>
> 2. Manually update as needed:
> cd /opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
> rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate
> svn up
>
> Seems like it would work, do you see any problems with doing it  
> this way?

That should work fine, but you might want to be careful against a  
selfupdate (updating the MacPorts base). If rsync were to overwrite  
that directly, you would be disappointed. I would recommend leaving / 
opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate  
for rsync only, if for no other reason than to avoid any possible  
conflict.

Chris