Since I just rebuilt this laptop 2 days ago, I have been filling in the gaps of stuff I need to reinstall. I received this tip via email:
pkg_add -r ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/All/cvsup-without-gui-16.1f.tgz
&& /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile -h
cvsup2.freebsd.org
This will install the CVSup package, then execute it against an installed config file and update my entire ports tree, all 7000+ of them. And will probably do it in seconds as well: cvsup is lightning fast.
I love things like this: Apple’s software update is similarly cool.