Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:08:26 -0600 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzelsw@westbend.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INDEX-5 is deleted then reconstructed by "make index" Message-ID: <oprxsdsc0y8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <007f01c39dce$6127d4d0$13fd2fd8@Admin02> References: <20031028203008.60637.qmail@web60303.mail.yahoo.com> <007f01c39dce$6127d4d0$13fd2fd8@Admin02>
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 21:39:35 -0600, Scot W. Hetzel <hetzelsw@westbend.net> wrote: > From: "Dorin H." <dhogea@yahoo.com> >> Hello everybody, >> >> The incantation to update the ports is according to >> the list (after cvsuping the sources): >> >> 1. make index >> 2. portsdb -u >> 3. portversion -l "<" >> ... >> >> Nevertheless, the "make index" starts by deleting the >> INDEX-5 file; then it recreates INDEX-5. This takes >> some considerable time. >> Would it be possible to jump over "1.make index" and >> go straight to step 2 (it would save a lot of >> time...)? Or there are other artifacts created by >> "make index" process? >> > The INDEX* files that you receive from cvsup are outdated, as these files > are only occasionally updated in the ports CVS repository. Doing the > 'make > index' updates these files to contain the latest information as of the > date > you cvsuped. > > Otherwise when you run portsdb and portversion to check your ports > collection, it'll report that your current packages are up to date, and > you > won't know that your ports are out of date. I never do the 'make index' and never use portsdb/portversion, because the pkg_version works much better. I only find the 'make index' or different way to rebuild the INDEX are useful for the search if the INDEX is out of date, but I use www.freshports.org most of time. Cheers, Mezz > Scot -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.
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