How do I download new port 'skeletons' in one operation?

[Mark Blackman]

something like porteasy is closest.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/misc/porteasy/pkg-descr

- Mark


> 
> I know that freebsd.org has had some server problems recently, but it
> looks as if the download method for the port skeletons has changed.
> 
> Previously, the download link for port skeletons gave you the contents
> of the appropriate application port-skeleton directory conveniently
> packaged as a tar archive, which you could extract into place in your
> own ports directory and make the port.
> 
> Now it appears that the download link just puts you into the appropriate
> port-skeleton directory on the ftp-server and just leaves you to get on
> with it.. :-(
> 
> Unfortunately, it's not as simple as a quick 'mget' in ftp as not all
> the files are in the one directory, there's the "files" directory to
> fetch as well..
> 
> Does anybody know if there is an alternative easy way to fetch a port
> skeleton with minimal manual intervention?
> 
> (I know I could update my entire ports collection by cvsup, but that
> seems a bit excessive!)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> David.
> 
> 
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