====== FreeBSD: portsnap ======
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remove the old port dir to start from a clean installation
<file bash>
rm -r /usr/ports
mkdir /usr/ports
</file>

portsnap 1st time
<file bash>
portsnap fetch 
portsnap extract
</file>

portsnap update the port's tree
<file bash>
portsnap fetch
portsnap update
</file>

add portsnap to /etc/crontab
<file bash /etc/crontab>
0 3 * * * root portsnap -I cron update
</file>



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