From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 20 16:56:22 2004 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 69DE116A4CE for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:56:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DBE343D2D for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:56:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joshua.lokken@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 37so186562wra for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:56:21 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=NO7HY5iNfcobMHEqnkHVxur9+WTgBtdPSwiHkvQiq0Ckg0uzPbIPfGYMXYTxIey0eaZwMwnHd8z51RZmyHAFB8/pcZ5BauenOYGdJfk/T7r2tQLivJHkWtpko3V5lOURNwrX3M1wOuKEyjE9mBjXSbD3ZDqKkLc8VEwWeMcx38g= Received: by 10.54.54.80 with SMTP id c80mr386407wra; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:56:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.11.34 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:56:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:56:21 -0600 From: Joshua Lokken To: Joshua Tinnin In-Reply-To: <200412200813.06057.krinklyfig@spymac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <003b01c4e489$6497d0e0$9a11a8c0@d3stomc> <41C4F0CC.30700@nbritton.org> <200412200813.06057.krinklyfig@spymac.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (cvsup newbie questions) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Joshua Lokken List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:56:22 -0000 On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:13:05 -0800, Joshua Tinnin > IIRC, pkgtools.conf only works with the pkgtools apps, like portupgrade. > I don't think it works with making the port from the tree itself (like > if you cd to the folder and make install clean), but options you use in > building it from the ports tree will be stored > in /var/db/ports//options, as mentioned above. This is what I > meant by "remembered." Yes, correct. > > > Also, semi related, whats this "Generating INDEX-5 - please wait.." > > > thing and why does it take an hour for it to generate? > > > > The machine is building the ports collection INDEX-5 file from the > > make describe output of all of the ports. You can simplify this > > process by doing 'make fetchindex' after you cvsup each time. > > Yes, although you should cd /usr/ports before you do that. I guess the > way people are doing this now is cvsup ports, cd /usr/ports && make > fetchindex && portsdb -u (this last step will be done automatically > when it needs to be done, but you can do it anyway after a ports tree > update). You can also use /usr/ports/sysutils/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex , > which speeds up the process of making a new INDEX locally. Ah, yes, it does help to be in /usr/ports when one runs 'make fetchindex'. -- Joshua Lokken Open Source Advocate