Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:15:00 +0100 From: Alex Kiesel <alex@kiesel.name> To: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm@inbox.lv> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: error in "make index" Message-ID: <1104059700.5091.11.camel@boost.home.ahk> In-Reply-To: <200412240102.55744.ringworm@inbox.lv> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0412240051370.29316-100000@pancho> <41CBD894.20806@FreeBSD.org> <200412240102.55744.ringworm@inbox.lv>
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On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 01:02 -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > It seems that it only does so if you run 'portsdb -F' manually
> > yourself. If you remove INDEX* and run 'portupgrade -a', it still
> > attempts to build INDEX the 'make index' way.
> >
> > >>And frankly, I'd support having 'make fetchindex' run automatically
> > >> by the ports build system if the ${PORTS_INDEX} file doesn't
> > >> exist.
> > >
> > > That sounds like a good idea.
> >
> > Should I open a PR for it?
> >
> > # Adam
>
> What if someone isn't connected to the internet? Probably shouldn't be
> done automatically during port builds because many people just build
> from a CD.
The CD already ships with an up-to-date INDEX, and as long as you don't
cvsup (which you can't without an internet connection), it won't be
wiped out.
-Alex
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