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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