From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 23 01:43:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2A241065674 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:43:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@b1c1l1.com) Received: from lancer.b1c1l1.com (unknown [IPv6:2607:f358:1a:1a:1000::]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CAC78FC14 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:43:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from supra.b1c1l1.com (netops-129.sfo1.bitgravity.com [209.131.110.129]) by lancer.b1c1l1.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7FC385C21; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:43:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C48F3AA.2050107@b1c1l1.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:43:06 -0700 From: Benjamin Lee User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100712 Thunderbird/3.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fbsd8 References: <4C48EE42.1050102@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <4C48EE42.1050102@a1poweruser.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigB7342BD2AC275D323616735E" Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: ports INDEX file X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:43:15 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigB7342BD2AC275D323616735E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 07/22/2010 06:20 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > I have a pristine install of 8.0. > There is no /usr/ports directory yet. > I am trying to use the "portcheckout" port and the "porteasy" port to > just populate the ports tree with only the ports I use. >=20 > Problem is in both cases the above ports require an existing INDEX file= > to process and since I have none they don't work. >=20 > How can I just download the ports INDEX file? > Portsnap is not a solution. Well, The INDEX file is a component of the ports tree distribution. If you choose not to use the supported method of installing it (i.e. installing the ports tree), you'll have to create your own. Hint: Per ports(7), take a look at the definition of the 'fetchindex' target. --=20 Benjamin Lee http://www.b1c1l1.com/ --------------enigB7342BD2AC275D323616735E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJMSPOwAAoJEHBW16CPoSMCIDEP/2XY9EG/S4CaocB68mBNAF8q LWYz3BtlkVWGXLjsJTmVg/EdwkwYDW1VSioTcJynSHgGHyK6n0a66QmwAAfX5mm7 d/1BXU0lNxH1ZHGslj8lj54elRt5T4r+AuyubKGN7g4gBQ5dfeuKz3Bf6HunDqtX 9CGvlWNi+OXmvxmK/lJJ6tzk0UNfVtpACiahK1rqWF42UuEXb6ywteVXiES17duq PUqd8/NmKY5Oe6wC5ssiAM9zKal1BSl+95wxk+LuwiBsDcDYUsZDdEAPMXg07pnh 9KqT2ihxlfTKedJJTWAvlJX6tgqWB4jYsCtQ7t1ZIFhjeFgJk7W6xzTNpKHzw2iX gcsRiFvI3BPVoN1ViSuPQG/ZFUZHmZPtTsESoBHSIM7N/jQ5mzrjkEbASPQtt8x3 FM8N/ejWIA8EeMI2utDr13zOK/3TVtOv9OxBslvgmYZAvhmYbVn1OmU2VjLyTSNK aJ4fRl3r6oQllEp/we+UfNbdSJML53VLDYkfutYo7QO+AdOfy0TCidbUmWUM6ET3 +kKhm2c5PDwDkPumjQBeztnYVDBqg+trBJFky9wdr9ju7gc6s3pVtwDPSW4458GP 8zg9Uco9f1M6Nq48zkm9CwJmMT0p9CYxGfmlQLf8IWBe3mcuOmWmwnF9VLbIy2cF lqdbQ69iFIV+kZR23kvN =YwQx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigB7342BD2AC275D323616735E--