From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 17 02:24:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 640B616A4CE for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 02:24:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mtaw4.prodigy.net (mtaw4.prodigy.net [64.164.98.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1AF643D1D for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 02:24:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (dc9170a3a4ccc31bad7ece862101b363@adsl-67-115-73-128.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.115.73.128]) by mtaw4.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4H9NxAp007698; Mon, 17 May 2004 02:23:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 14B5F5493C; Mon, 17 May 2004 02:23:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 02:23:25 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu Message-ID: <20040517092325.GA32092@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040517014925.GB46196@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040517103305.539dd62b@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <20040517105819.5d63efc1@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <20040517082822.GB2681@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040517122243.7559ab0f@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040517122243.7559ab0f@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: ports@FreeBSD.org cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Up-to-date INDEXes may now be downloaded from www.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 09:24:06 -0000 --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 12:22:43PM +0300, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > > I don't really understand what you mean by "needing to fetch" the > > index. >=20 > I see no reason to download the index if it hasn't being changed since > I've did it last time (e.g. make index failed on bento). Use the 'mirror' mode of your http client, which will not download the file if it is unchanged. > > although you won't get an index that is customized for your installed p= orts. >=20 > What is the difference ? I thought the INDEX(-5) is based on ports/* > content and it is the same irrespective on what you have installed. So > actually my index building takes in consideration 1) my custom options > and 2) my installed ports and options and process the .if (exists > /bla/blu) from Makefiles. Never thought of 2), but it is logic :( Lucky > the machines are pretty much the same. No, the dependencies of ports change depending on what you have installed and what WITH_*/WITHOUT_* knobs you have enabled. If you build the index yourself it will reflect these differences. Kris --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAqISNWry0BWjoQKURAh3nAJwNgtCuBsf+Z+C2lRboIwh2e5FjswCghPLb m5EYu1MU1wUfV67+XVb0OAI= =iIvn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q--