Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 18:45:59 -0500 From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: Naram Qashat <cyberbotx@cyberbotx.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Does pkg automatically download INDEX? Message-ID: <CACdU%2Bf_iGy3f_nQ5Wg=h87qL%2BnJ_UW0QVMYD-q1v-EUxzL1V=w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53E56488.1070104@cyberbotx.com> References: <53DE7266.5000606@cyberbotx.com> <53DE8623.1090208@infracaninophile.co.uk> <53DE8EBD.4090303@cyberbotx.com> <53DE934C.101@FreeBSD.org> <53DE9B38.2000805@cyberbotx.com> <CAN6yY1tu-M1g6h3ihmOxd=dTrVQHccTWrXZPkn-dmcPteTo4vg@mail.gmail.com> <53DEEB93.8010208@cyberbotx.com> <20140804021418.GE1228@albert.catwhisker.org> <53DF69ED.4040700@cyberbotx.com> <20140804112821.GF1228@albert.catwhisker.org> <53E56488.1070104@cyberbotx.com>
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On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Naram Qashat <cyberbotx@cyberbotx.com> wrote: > On 08/04/14 07:28, David Wolfskill wrote: >> >> On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 07:09:33AM -0400, Naram Qashat wrote: >>> >>> On 08/03/14 22:14, David Wolfskill wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 03, 2014 at 10:10:27PM -0400, Naram Qashat wrote: >>>>> >>>>> ... >>>>> If there is >>>>> a way to find out when any process is attempting to modify a file, that >>>>> would >>>>> probably help me narrow it down, but I'm not aware of anything that can >>>>> do that, >>>>> ... >>>> >>>> >>>> Well, "chflags schg /usr/ports/INDEX*" would *prevent* the modification >>> >>> ... >>> This was a really good suggestion..... >> >> >> Glad to help. :-) >> >> Peace, >> david > > > OK, so while no programs have whined or complained, I get the feeling that > something on my system is running portsnap without my knowledge. When I had > set the schg flag on INDEX-9, an INDEX-9.bz2 file came up. I set the schg > flag on that as well, and now I notice there are a bunch of files called > .fetch.??????.INDEX-9.bz2 (where ?????? is a random string), as well as a > file called .portsnap.INDEX. As far as I know, I don't have anything > configured to run portsnap, but is there something that defaults to running > portsnap occasionally? I couldn't find anything that would do that. > Do your have a crontab entry that is running portsnap with the -I (update INDEX) option? http://www.pl.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/portsnap.html -- DISCLAIMER: No electrons were maimed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.
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