<sect2 id="cvsup-migration">

      <title>Migrating from CVSup/csup to portsnap</title>

      <warning>

	<para>By February 28, 2013 the ports tree will no longer be exported

	  to <application>CVS</application> and therefore

	  <application>CVSup</application> and <application>csup</application>

	  will no longer provide updates for the ports tree.</para>

      </warning>

      <procedure>

	<title>Migration to Portsnap</title>

	<para>The migration will require about 1 GB of disk space on

	  <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> , plus

	  <application>Portsnap</application> requires abou 150 MB disk space

	  on <filename class="directory">/var</filename>.</para>

	<step>

	  <para>Disable any automated ports updates you may use, such

	    as a &man.cron.8; job calling <application>CVSup</application> or

	    <application>csup</application>.</para>

	</step>

	<step>

	  <para>Move the existing ports tree to a temporary location:

	  </para>

	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mv /usr/ports /usr/ports.old</userinput></screen>

	</step>

	<step>

	  <para>Fetch the new ports tree with <application>Portsnap

	    </application> and extract it to

	    <filename class="directory">/usr/ports</filename>:</para>

	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsnap fetch extract</userinput></screen>

	</step>

	<step>

	  <para>Move distfiles and saved packages to the new ports tree:

	  </para>

	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mv /usr/ports.old/distfiles /usr/ports</userinput>

&prompt.root; <userinput>mv /usr/ports.old/packages /usr/ports</userinput></screen>

	</step>

	<step>

	  <para>Delete the old ports tree:</para>

	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>rm -rf /usr/ports.old</userinput></screen>

	</step>

	<step>

	  <para>If <application>CVSup</application> was used the before,

	    it can be no be uninstalled:</para>

	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_delete -r -v cvsup-without-gui-\*</userinput></screen>

	  <para>Users of <application>pkgng</application> can use the

	    following command:</para>

	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg remove cvsup-without-gui</userinput></screen>

	</step>

      </procedure>

      <para>See <link linkend="updating-upgrading-portsnap">Using

	Portsnap</link> for a detailed description of

	<application>Portsnap</application> and how to update the

	ports tree with <application>Portsnap</application>.</para>

    </sect2>