From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 14:08:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3584716A4B3 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:08:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from rutger.owt.com (rutger.owt.com [204.118.6.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39A9D43FBD for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:08:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from topaz-out (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by rutger.owt.com (8.11.6p2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id h9RM8gu29437; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:08:42 -0800 From: Kent Stewart To: Sean Chittenden , Joe Marcus Clarke Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:08:41 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <20031027210058.GA41805@perrin.nxad.com> <1067290807.758.60.camel@gyros> <20031027214840.GW86551@perrin.nxad.com> In-Reply-To: <20031027214840.GW86551@perrin.nxad.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200310271408.41913.kstewart@owt.com> cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downloading a successful INDEX build rtp via freefall? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:08:51 -0000 On Monday 27 October 2003 01:48 pm, Sean Chittenden wrote: > > The build scripts don't do anything with the INDEX. That's all done > > by hand during and after the build. However, it might not be a bad > > idea to copy of the full INDEX once it's complete for purposes of > > commitment. Or, perhaps Kris could modify his RTP build to do the > > same. > > Ah, alright. > > > Hosting an INDEX file on freefall might be a bad idea given its size > > and lack of disk space on freefall. > > It compresses down to 472K, atm: nothing I'd loose sleep over hosting > given its small audience of users. I'll sit on this for a day or two > to wait for a few more responses before automating this. -sc I think the most common problem people have with portupgrade is caused by their INDEX files not being up todate. They think cvsup does it all because that is all that is mentioned in the Handbook. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html