FreeBSD

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Bootstrap local pkgsrc

$ cd ~
$ env CVS_RSH=ssh cvs -d anoncvs@anoncvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot checkout -P pkgsrc
$ cd pkgsrc/bootstrap
$ ./bootstrap

Checkout partial ports tree

# svn checkout --depth empty https://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head /usr/ports
# cd /usr/ports
# svn update --set-depth files
# svn update Mk
# svn update Templates
# svn update Tools
# svn update --set-depth files games
# cd games

Essential packages

# pkg install git-lite lzop lsof oksh openntpd rsync tmux

Get latest pkgng

# mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
# cp /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/
# sed -i  's/quarterly/latest/g' /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf

Immutable file flags

Note this doesn't work in jails; this must be done on the host.

# chflags schg $FILE_TO_MAKE_IMMUTABLE
# chflags noschg $FILE_TO_MAKE_MUTABLE