From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 11 15:00:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67FFC16A41F for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:00:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmc20@xxiii.com) Received: from imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D984243D45 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:00:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmc20@xxiii.com) Received: from ibm68aec.bellsouth.net ([68.209.177.221]) by imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060611150053.RKXW2321.imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm68aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:00:53 -0400 Received: from wcox.bellsouth.net ([68.209.177.221]) by ibm68aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060611150052.NWWF15153.ibm68aec.bellsouth.net@wcox.bellsouth.net>; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:00:52 -0400 Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.2.20060611105828.02e8d7b8@mailsvr.xxiii.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:01:16 -0400 To: "aaronvan@comcast.net" From: wc_fbsd@xxiii.com In-Reply-To: References: <061120060055.25234.448B69F4000776B2000062922205886360020E9002019D0E0E@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports upgrade question 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: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:00:58 -0000 >On 6/10/06, aaronvan@comcast.net wrote: >>I'm a newbie running 6.1 stable and I have what may be several >>simple questions: What exactly is happening when I run "make index >>&& make readmes" after I upgrade my ports tree? Why aren't the >>indexes and readmes made when we run cvsup ports >You don't need to run make index... just cd into /usr/ports and type Better yet, don't screw with cvsup. "Portsnap" is standard equipment in 6.x. It's much faster, uses less bandwidth, and is even less load on the update server. And it does the indexes automatically. Just "man portsnap" or search the archives. -Wayne