FreeBSD Packages and Ports management Getting Ports tree
Example
Portsnap
portsnap fetch
portsnap extract
updating ports tree with portsnap
portsnap update
schedule cron job for daily updates
0 3 * * * root /usr/sbin/portsnap cron
SVN
head
cd /usr/ports
svnlite checkout https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head .
quaterly
FreeBSD Ports team freeze ports tree every 3 months. To get this ports tree you can use ports branches:
cd /usr/ports
svnlite checkout https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/branches/2016Q4 .
Tarball (http or ftp)
cd /usr/ports
fetch http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/11.0-RELEASE/ports.txz
tar xJvf ports.txz
Git
git clone https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports
