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Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> I think it is based on the ports/INDEX file, so the page is only updated
> when the INDEX file is.

Yes, it's looks like true. The last INDEX in CVS has 9662 ports like as 
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ has.

> 
> Since the INDEX file is rebuild rather often now, to test if the build
> works, I have been thinking of using that file for the webpages, but I
> haven't gotten around to looking more closely at it yet.
> 

But how often it's committed? INDEX in CVS was changed 2 months ago.

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