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# 1  
Old 07-25-2010
Updating the FreeBSD ports
When updating the ports, I normally do the following:
Code:
rm -r /usr/ports
csup -L 2 -h cvsup.FreeBSD.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile

This however takes rather long, about 20 mins on stock hardware. Is there a way to exclude certain ports from being updated, such as games and print?
# 2  
Old 07-25-2010
If you're concerned about speed, use portsnap. It's now in the default installation and is the suggested way to update your tree. In saying that, csup and cvsup still essentially do the same thing and there's nothing wrong with using either method.

It's covered in the manual if you're interested:

Using Portsnap
# 3  
Old 07-27-2010
Thank you for the response and the suggestion. So even the performance issue may be solved, still, can some ports be excluded from being upgraded in a relatively trivial way?
# 4  
Old 09-05-2010
Hello. portsnap can have something called a refuse directive. Though it is not recommended as some ports require other ports as dependencies.

portsnap is more secure and faster than the old way of cvsup. It also works with timestamp and only downloads ports that have changed since last usage.
# 5  
Old 09-05-2010
I had found out that portsnap is indeed quite a bit faster than cvsup. Thanks for the update.
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