Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 11:15:58 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Cc: Kirill Ponomarew <krion@voodoo.oberon.net> Subject: Re: HEADSUP: INDEX[-5] files were removed from CVS. Message-ID: <20041114111558.GA672@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4196BE10.6060306@gmx.net> References: <20041113101925.GB70256@voodoo.oberon.net> <20041113174948.GD76034@nevermind.kiev.ua> <419655EB.8070506@gmx.net> <m3ekixjnve.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> <4196BE10.6060306@gmx.net>
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On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 03:08:16AM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
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> >"make fetchindex" runs on the order of a minute for my machine (1 Mbit/s
> >link), but I'm definitely not using "make index" on my K6-2/300.
> >
> >It's about time for a _fast_ index generator, or a cache so that only
> >changed records are replaced.
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> I think one has been mentioned in this thread, but since it's written in=
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> perl, it's not a candidate for base-system inclusion...
Ummm... did you ever take a close look at how 'make index' works?
Substantial parts of that are written in perl.
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> >INDEX has been an annoyance ever since but
> >no-one has a decent solution how ports can do without.
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> Perhaps the recent events will contribute to depart from the stalemate=20
> ports have been in, with no real development going on and portupgrade bei=
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> 'good enough' for everybody. Perhaps it will just result in portupgrade=
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> stopping depending on INDEX to the extent as it does now, which will be=
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> 'good enough' again for most people.
How can something like portupgrade(1) work without the dependency
ordering information? At the moment, that comes from the INDEX file
-- although thinking about it, it would be a lot more efficient over
all for portupgrade(1) to just work out the dependencies of any
installed ports as it goes along. Now, that is an interesting idea.
I may have to go on a crash course of learning Ruby so I can fully
investigate that. (Although don't hold your breath, as I've just
started a new job and ENOTIME)
Cheers,
Matthew
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