Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 05:53:23 -0500 From: Michael Johnson <buhnux@gmail.com> To: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Missing INDEX file in Ports Message-ID: <D46C8AA6-711A-11D9-B813-000A95BB7150@ahze.net> In-Reply-To: <200501280236.06508.reso3w83@verizon.net> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKECMFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <196F548E-7108-11D9-8513-000A95BB7150@ahze.net> <200501280236.06508.reso3w83@verizon.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Jan 28, 2005, at 5:36 AM, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > 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? yeah, but including it would be easier for alot of people. Especially people who are using a slower computer. > > -Mike > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFB+hmjn4uqfTwEb9YRAg2ZAJ9v8AJeDszzs8MJ7HkvDMqlKRJq/gCdELPv XR2fCyZjoeMRgW4a+QRAWFg= =5gju -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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