Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 14:34:41 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Server Admin <admin@sage-one.net> Cc: John Constantine <constant@rootshell.be>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ports updating, make index or make readmes first ? Message-ID: <3CA8E081.2060605@owt.com> References: <20020401192821.A7066@phenix.rootshell.be> <3.0.5.32.20020401162446.01911700@mail.sage-one.net>
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Server Admin wrote: > Also, doesn't "make index" in /usr/ports work okay if "portupgrade" is not > used....??? Make index only does the INDEX but portsdb -uU makes both INDEX files. Do a coral -kent> ll /usr/ports/IN* -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2149335 Mar 19 13:43 /usr/ports/INDEX -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4867072 Mar 19 13:43 /usr/ports/INDEX.db and see what you have. The INDEX.db is supposed to make portupgrade faster. Kent > > I've done it a few times... takes a while each time though. > > At 02:11 PM 4.1.2002 -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: > >> >>John Constantine wrote: >> >> >>>Hello, >>> >>>after cvsuping the ports what should be run first in /usr/ports: >>> >>> make readmes and then make index >>> >>> or >>> >>> make index and then make readmes ? >>> >> >>I have quit making the readmes; however, I always rebuild index after >>I cvsup ports-all. The index file is not upgraded at the frequency >>that the ports are changed. I normally rebuild it using "portsdb -uU" >>since I have portupgrade installed. >> >>Kent >> >> >> >>>Thanks for your time. >>> >>> >>> >>>P.S. Please include me in the cc: field as I'm not subscribed to this >>>list. Thanks. >>> >>>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >>> >>>. >>> >>> >>> >> >>-- >>Kent Stewart >>Richland, WA >> >>http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> >> >> > > .... our website: http://www.sage-one.net/ > > Best regards, > > Jack L. Stone > Server Admin > > . > > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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