Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:19:30 -0400 From: Carmel <carmel_ny@outlook.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports INDEX Message-ID: <PH0PR16MB4245AC1305C983A02C942AF0804E9@PH0PR16MB4245.namprd16.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <YHdHCXiJHGjQ/ahY@home.opsec.eu> References: <PH0PR16MB4245E66CD292031D63ED187C804E9@PH0PR16MB4245.namprd16.prod.outlook.com> <YHdHCXiJHGjQ/ahY@home.opsec.eu>
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 21:48:25 +0200, Kurt Jaeger stated: >Hi! > >> I just switched from using 'portsnap' to 'git'. I removed everything >> in the directory, then used 'git' to build it. That worked fine. I >> had to manually recreate the 'distfiles' directory, but I expected >> to have to do that. >> >> Now, if I run a 'make search' in the directory, I receive an error >> message that it needs the INDEX file. I ran "make index" and that >> seems to work alright. My question is, is that the best way to handle >> this? > >There's a make target fetchindex. > >So > >cd /usr/ports >make fetchindex > >fetches the index from some repo. I realize that. I was wondering if there was a way to get 'git' to just download the latest INDEX file without having to go through all that extra effort? -- Jerry
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