Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:37:20 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSUP del INDEX file in ports Message-ID: <20050119223720.GA96377@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200501192201.54302.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> References: <200501182248.28365.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> <20050118125800.GC55810@xor.obsecurity.org> <200501192201.54302.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 10:01:53PM +0000, RW wrote: > On Tuesday 18 January 2005 12:58, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 10:48:28PM +1000, Warren wrote: > > > is there a particular reason why the ports INDEX file is del each time > > > cvsup is run and then re-d/l in a portupgrade ? > > > > Yes, see /usr/ports/UPDATING or the mailing list archives of ports@ > > for extensive discussion. > > I haven't seen anything in UPDATING about portupgrade *downloading* an INDEX, > instead of building one, is that right? Well, you'd check the portupgrade documentation to find out about that. UPDATING explains how to deal with cvsup removing it. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB7uEfWry0BWjoQKURAkTSAKDVyMtGjiYh/vCnbeodX6ZfFVD5nwCeLjoO AZDtYTa3jz0oZnV2aGHsBwA= =6tth -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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