how to update ports tree and use synth

[Antonio Olivares]

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Aaron LI <aly at aaronly.me> wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-05-24 at 09:48 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>> Dear folks,
>>
>> I decided to try synth and update from ports.  It is an awesome tool!
>> I like it.  However, I do not know how to update the ports tree, do I
>> use like
>> # portsnap fetch extract
>> or does synth take care of that automagically?
>
> Since the `/usr/dports` is just a Git repo, so I think the best way to keep it
> updated is just doing:
>
> # cd /usr/dports && git pull
>
> And `portsnap` is a FreeBSD-specific tool, and it shouldn't work on DFly.
>
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Aly

So I update the dports tree using git and then use synth to update packages?

eightcoreF104# cd /usr/dports/
eightcoreF104# git pull
Already up-to-date.

This means I am updated, but the packages that failed to build?

Thanks,


Antonio