Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:04:14 +0400 From: S.N.Grigoriev <serguey-grigoriev@yandex.ru> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to update ports tree indexes when using svn Message-ID: <54421355151854@web3h.yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <20121210145109.GO1991@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <28991355150396@web18f.yandex.ru> <20121210145109.GO1991@albert.catwhisker.org>
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10.12.2012, 18:51, "David Wolfskill" <david@catwhisker.org>: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 06:39:56PM +0400, S.N.Grigoriev wrote: > >> šHi list, >> >> šafter the security announcement (http://www.freebsd.org/news/2012-compromise.html) I use svn to update my local ports tree. I've found out that the port index is not updated. What is the preferred/recommended way to update port indexes when using svn? >> š... > > First, I've redirected the list recipient from stable@ to ports@, as > this has nothing to do with which branch of the OS you're using, and > everything to do with the Ports collection. > > Second, it also has nothing to do with SVN (vs., e.g, CVS): regardless, > the INDEX is a generated file, and does not come (directly) from the > repository. > > Finally, you can perform "make index" in the ports directory, though > this tends to be time-consuming. š"make fetchindex" is an alternative, > but the usefulness of that depends on how recently that INDEX was built. > > Peace, > david > -- > David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org > Taliban: Evil men with guns afraid of truth from a 14-year old girl. > > See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. David, thanks for your detailed explanation. Thanks for all who responded my question. Regards, Serguey.
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