From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 14:40:59 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 8BA8216A4B3 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:40:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from rutger.owt.com (rutger.owt.com [204.118.6.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B09B243F3F for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:40:58 -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 h9RMequ32735; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:40:52 -0800 From: Kent Stewart To: Sean Chittenden , Joe Marcus Clarke Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:40:52 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <20031027210058.GA41805@perrin.nxad.com> <20031027214840.GW86551@perrin.nxad.com> <200310271408.41913.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <200310271408.41913.kstewart@owt.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200310271440.52495.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 22:40:59 -0000 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