Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:40:52 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downloading a successful INDEX build rtp via freefall? Message-ID: <200310271440.52495.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <200310271408.41913.kstewart@owt.com> References: <20031027210058.GA41805@perrin.nxad.com> <20031027214840.GW86551@perrin.nxad.com> <200310271408.41913.kstewart@owt.com>
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On Monday 27 October 2003 02:08 pm, Kent Stewart wrote: > 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. > What I would like to see is a bz2 version of INDEX and INDEX-5 on my favorite local ftp mirror. Grabing them from my gateway machine using anonymous ftp would be much faster than the 2x 20 minutes I spend rebuilding them on my 4.x and 5.x build machines. Rebuilding INDEX[-5] can take an hour or more on slow machines but downloading with a modem might only take several minutes. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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