Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:56:28 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: barbara <barbara.xxx1975@libero.it> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD-8 and portsnap Message-ID: <4ad871310907260656v478be52q62998f0f06026f6b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <KNE6G8$244281039B274BB734DEEA55E75CA7C9@libero.it> References: <KNE6G8$244281039B274BB734DEEA55E75CA7C9@libero.it>
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On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 9:50 AM, barbara<barbara.xxx1975@libero.it> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 3:23 AM, barbara<barbara.xxx1975@libero.it> wrote:
>> > Why portsnap doesn't provide INDEX-8?
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Hi, Barbara
>>
>> They appear on my machine:
>>
>> %ls /usr/ports/INDEX-*
>> /usr/ports/INDEX-5 /usr/ports/INDEX-7 /usr/ports/INDEX-8.bz2
>> /usr/ports/INDEX-6 /usr/ports/INDEX-8
>
> If you remove them, you will see that INDEX-8 is missing.
> Also check the dates of the files.
> This will make portversion misbehave.
>
I believe that is true with anything in ${PORTSDIR} -- if you remove a
${CATEGORY}/${PORT}, it will not be replaced through portsnap. I am
not sure if this is true for c(v)sup, as I don't use it for my ports
tree, but I expect it would restore the missing directory/files/etc.
--
Glen Barber
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