Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:36:05 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Missing INDEX file in Ports Message-ID: <200501280236.06508.reso3w83@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <196F548E-7108-11D9-8513-000A95BB7150@ahze.net> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKECMFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <196F548E-7108-11D9-8513-000A95BB7150@ahze.net>
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On Friday 28 January 2005 12:39 am, Michael Johnson wrote: > On Jan 28, 2005, at 3:28 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Kent Stewart [mailto:kstewart@owt.com] > >> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:34 PM > >> To: Ted Mittelstaedt > >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >> Subject: Re: Missing INDEX file in Ports > >> > >> On Thursday 27 January 2005 11:30 pm, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >>>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Kent > >>>> Stewart Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:19 PM > >>>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >>>> Cc: Ted Mittelstaedt > >>>> Subject: Re: Missing INDEX file in Ports > >>>> > >>>> On Thursday 27 January 2005 11:00 pm, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >>>>> Hi All, > >>>>> > >>>>> Has anyone seen this before, I just installed 4.11 and in > >>>>> /usr/ports typed make search key="ghostscript" and the machine > >>>>> went away for a couple hours to generate an INDEX file. (this > >>>>> is a P75, unfortunately) > >>>>> > >>>>> Has anyone else noticed the INDEX file is missing in the > >>>>> 4.11-RELEASE ports directory? > >>>> > >>>> If you cvsup ports-all, INDEX[-56] is deleted. You want to > >>>> cd /usr/ports > >>>> make fetchindex > >>>> > >>>> The fetch of a compressed file is much faster than generating it > >>>> > >>>> :). > >>> > >>> Even faster would have been for it to be on the same CDROM that > >>> the rest of the ports directories were copied from. > >> > >> You would have to go to the cvsweb.cgi attic to find out how > >> many months > >> it has been removed from ports. > > > > Do you really think I care how long it's been removed? > > > > Your missing the point. INDEX is supposed to be in the RELEASES > > on the CDROMs because the CD's are supposed to be self-contained, > > ie: you should not require an Internet connection to get a complete > > install. Otherwise there's no point in even bothering to release > > the CDROMS in the first place. > > > > INDEX isn't in SNAPS and such because it makes no sense generating > > it for a ports tree that's open for committing since new ports > > could be added at any time. However the ports tree on the CDROM is > > static, not dynamic. > > > > Please note the following: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.11R/schedule.html > > Yeah, I totally agree, INDEX should be included in ports.tar.gz for > at least RELEASES. > > Michael > Won't "make index" work on the release CDs? Maybe they needed the space for something else? -Mike
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