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Subject: Re: [another "me too"] Re: portindex/portindexdb
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On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 06:32:23AM +0200, Nico Meijer wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> 
> >Sigh:
> 
> Lighten up! ;-)

Heh....thanks, I will.

> >/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:587:
> >[BUG] Bus Error
> >ruby 1.8.2 (2004-07-29) [i386-freebsd4]
> 
> Have you tried replacing the portsdb-sequence with `portindex && 
> portindexdb`?

Not yet; but I will. I was reading over the thread(s) mentioned by
racerx last night.

> So:
> 
> - cvsup (or whatever tool you use)
> - portindex
> - portindexdb
> - portversion -vL = (or whatever switches you use)
> 
> The upside to using portindex is that it merges changes instead of 
> building the entire index every time. So your first run will take quite 
> some time, but your following runs will run quite a bit faster.

Ah....I see now the advantage. That is nice. Thanks.

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