From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 28 10:40:01 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C79B816A4CF for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:40:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out009.verizon.net (out009pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6031243D58 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:40:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reso3w83@verizon.net) Received: from ringworm.mechee.com ([4.26.84.7]) by out009.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20050128104000.LBZQ19876.out009.verizon.net@ringworm.mechee.com> for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 04:40:00 -0600 Received: by ringworm.mechee.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4F88E2CE746; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:36:07 -0800 (PST) From: "Michael C. Shultz" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:36:05 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <196F548E-7108-11D9-8513-000A95BB7150@ahze.net> In-Reply-To: <196F548E-7108-11D9-8513-000A95BB7150@ahze.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501280236.06508.reso3w83@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out009.verizon.net from [4.26.84.7] at Fri, 28 Jan 2005 04:40:00 -0600 Subject: Re: Missing INDEX file in Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:40:01 -0000 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