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Subject: Re: Updating /usr/ports
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Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> writes:

> If you don't mind being a couple of hours out of date, "make -C /usr/ports
> feetchindex.". The index file is generated every 3 hours (I think), and
> it's a lot faster than making it yourself.

And a lot faster than running without the index, but the index isn't
really required for most operations.