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Date:      Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:59:38 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        "Clark C. Evans" <cce@clarkevans.com>
Cc:        AlanE <alane@geeksrus.net>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /usr/ports/INDEX update policy?
Message-ID:  <20021015045938.GA62784@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021015045802.GA38168@doublegemini.com>
References:  <20021015045004.GA38128@doublegemini.com> <20021015044705.GA53098@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20021015045802.GA38168@doublegemini.com>

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On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:58:02AM +0000, Clark C. Evans wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 12:47:05AM -0400, AlanE wrote:
> | Just run 'portsdb -U' and sit back and wait an hour.
>=20
> Ahh.  I did a "make index" and it seems to be chugging
> along.   This works for me; but I'm curious if it is
> the norm for the INDEX in the cvsup to be out-of-date?

Yes; if we updated the INDEX with every commit there would be hundreds
or sometimes thousands of updates per week.  It's regenerated every 2
weeks or so (more or less, depending on whether I forget :); if you
need it done more frequently then you can just build your own as
already noted.

Kris

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