diff --git a/en/ports/Makefile b/en/ports/Makefile
index 6b10abc5c3..8d2c661431 100644
--- a/en/ports/Makefile
+++ b/en/ports/Makefile
@@ -1,59 +1,66 @@
-# $FreeBSD$
+# $FreeBSD: www/en/ports/Makefile,v 1.25 1999/09/06 07:02:48 peter Exp $
 
 .if exists(../Makefile.conf)
 .include "../Makefile.conf"
 .endif
 .if exists(Makefile.inc)
 .include "Makefile.inc"
 .endif
 
+CVS_READONLY?=	YES
+CVS_OPT+=	-Q
+.if !empty(CVS_READONLY)
+CVS_OPT+=	-R
+.endif
+
+
 
 .if defined(NOPORTSCVS)
 ${INDEX}: $${PORTSBASE}/${PINDEX}
 	cp ${PORTSBASE}/${PINDEX} ${INDEX}
 
 ${Y2K}: $${PORTSBASE}/${PY2K}
 	cp ${PORTSBASE}/${PY2K} ${Y2K}
 
 .else
 ${INDEX}: ${cvsindex}
-	cvs -QR co -p ${PINDEX} > ${INDEX}
+	cvs ${CVS_OPT} co -p ${PINDEX} > ${INDEX}
 
 ${Y2K}: ${cvsy2k}
-	cvs -QR co -p ${PY2K} > ${Y2K}
+	cvs ${CVS_OPT} co -p ${PY2K} > ${Y2K}
 
 .endif
 
 # build the list of available packages only on the 
 # main FreeBSD machines
 hostname!= hostname
 
 .if defined(NOPORTSCVS)
 packages.exists:
 .else
 packages.exists: ${cvsindex} ${cvsy2k}
 .endif
 .if ${hostname} == "hub.freebsd.org" || ${hostname} == "freefall.freebsd.org"
 	@if sh ${.CURDIR}/packages > ${.TARGET}.temp; then \
 		mv ${.TARGET}.temp ${.TARGET}; \
 	else \
 		rm ${.TARGET}.temp; touch ${.TARGET}; \
 	fi;
 .else
 	touch ${.TARGET}
 .endif
 
 Makefile.gen: index.sgml .NOTMAIN
 	echo DOCS= *.sgml > Makefile.gen
 
 index.sgml: ${INDEX} ${Y2K} packages.exists portindex ports.inc .NOTMAIN
 	rm -f *.sgml
 	${PORTINDEX} ${INDEX} ${Y2K}
 
 install: all
 
 all install clean:
 	${MAKE}  ${MAKEFLAGS} -f Makefile.inc0 ${.TARGET}
 
 
 .include "../web.mk"