Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:31:31 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: parv <parv_fm@nospammail.net> Cc: Beech <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports tree stuck in the past Message-ID: <3D6FC813.9050800@owt.com> References: <20020830023025.GA7137@moo.holy.cow> <20020830085403.24E3F6BF@nebula.anchoragerescue.org> <20020830172140.GA15746@moo.holy.cow>
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parv wrote: > in message <20020830085403.24E3F6BF@nebula.anchoragerescue.org>, > wrote Beech thusly... > >>On Thursday 29 August 2002 06:30 pm, parv wrote: >> >>>...contents of /usr3/cvsup/sup/refuse... >>> >>>ports/INDEX <------------------------------| >>>ports/Tools/make_index <------------------| You need these two ports. >>>ports/x11-wm/fvwm2-devel >>>ports/japanese >>> >><SNIP> >> >>Take INDEX and Tools/make_index out of your refuse file. Then from >>the top level of your ports do a "make index" to restore your >>index file. After that you should be fine. Just out of curiosity >>what posessed you to remove the index and tools? You shouldn't >>remove anything in the ports tree that starts with a capitol >>letter. >> > > downloading INDEX takes a lot of time & does not always reflects the > reality. if we/i are/am going to create new INDEX anyway, then > what's the point in downloading INDEX? I tried this and it felt like it saved 5 minutes even when I was using my local mirror. I always run portsdb -uU when I finish and had never thought about adding INDEX to my refuse file. FWIW, most of the time my INDEX is more current than what was being downloaded. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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