Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed NetBSD 3.0 sometime last week, and I also downloaded a
> copy of "pkgsrc.tar.gz" from
> "ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/" (as
> instructed in the NetBSD guide). Things are going smooth, I have
> installed a lot of stuff I want, etc etc.
> 
> Now, I want to update the package sources. My understanding is that I
> can do it thru CVS, or by downloading the "pkgsrc.tar.gz" file again.
> I'd prefer the latter, coz I haven't used CVS yet, and so would like
> to take things one step at a time. So I go back to the ftp location,
> but I find that the "pkgsrsc.tar.gz" file is still the same as I had
> downloaded last week. Infact, it looks like its been the same for the
> past 2-3 weeks; coz the date on it shows 06th May 2006.
> 
> How do I go about updating my package sources then? Is CVS the only
> option, or can I download a fresher copy of the tar.gz file from
> someplace else?
> 
> Does CVS take any extra bandwidth? Downloading the tar.gz file is just
> 26MB. How big would it be if I do it through CVS?

Hello Rakesh,

I have rewritten the part of the pkgsrc guide so that it tries to better 
answer your questions. Can you please have a look at it?

     http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/getting.html

Roland