Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 18:33:48 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports make search? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1505201829560.73800@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <555D1E67.9090003@hiwaay.net> References: <29A62BC7-F140-4BA4-B7DF-1B5F47E27889@prodigy.net> <555D1E67.9090003@hiwaay.net>
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On Wed, 20 May 2015, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > On 05/20/15 18:24, Jeffry Killen wrote: >> >> So now I have excuted the command >> make index >> >> As I type this it appears that the process is completed. >> >> But it has been going on for around 20 minutes. Is it >> common or not unexpected to take that long? >> > > Yes, that is one of the attractions of pkg's vs. ports, *much* quicker > installs. Some months ago, I compiled the iceweb port, took over 5 hours on > this box. The pkg install a week or 2 later took 30 sec. Not really, the index is a huge database, not related to compiling from source. The built version can be retrieved from the FreeBSD servers. portmaster even fetches the index automatically. I have an article on using ports here: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/portupgrade.html
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