From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 7 19:11:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E52B16A4CF for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:11:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BACFF43D1F for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:11:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i87JBGH3003453 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:11:16 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)i87JBGXK003452; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:11:16 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:11:16 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Nico Meijer Message-ID: <20040907191116.GB2487@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Nico Meijer , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <7A727F81-FCE2-11D8-8BE7-000A95EFF4CA@foolishgames.com> <008901c4934e$a7c5b260$0200000a@SAGEAME> <413B5F14.6090405@zonnet.nl> <200409051452.06236.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> <413C0FAE.1000502@zonnet.nl> <20040907003500.GA11100@panix.com> <413D39D7.6050009@zonnet.nl> <20040907062449.GA41144@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <413DF1FF.9020104@zonnet.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Pd0ReVV5GZGQvF3a" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <413DF1FF.9020104@zonnet.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Tue, 07 Sep 2004 20:11:16 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040904, clamav-milter version 0.75l on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [another "me too"] Re: portindex/portindexdb X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:11:22 -0000 --Pd0ReVV5GZGQvF3a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 07:38:07PM +0200, Nico Meijer wrote: > Hi Matthew, >=20 > >Another workaround is simply to set: > > > > PORTS_DBDRIVER=3Dbdb1_hash > > > >in your environment, and then use portsdb and portupgrade as usual. >=20 > May I bluntly - yet politely - ask why you would prefer this workaround= =20 > as opposed to replacing `portsdb -Uu` with `portindex && portindexdb`,=20 > other than to avoid having to install extra software? >=20 > I can imagine a few, but I value your opinion. Not having to install any extra software is the specific reason to prefer this. Using portsindex and portsindexdb is perfectly good as well, but that means installing python and possibly the Postgres DB client. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --Pd0ReVV5GZGQvF3a Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBPgfUiD657aJF7eIRAqldAJ46/i6dr1n+GcM2aJ+SBV9Rv09CGgCglF1W RNo00/0WR7T99GcRFq+VBsM= =xNbs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Pd0ReVV5GZGQvF3a--