Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:56:12 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Andre Goree <andre@drenet.info> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proper way to update ports with svn Message-ID: <44d2uhcahf.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <515607C1.2010701@drenet.info> (Andre Goree's message of "Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:29:37 -0400") References: <515607C1.2010701@drenet.info>
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Andre Goree <andre@drenet.info> writes: > I seem to have to run 'make index' in /usr/ports after I've run 'svn up > /usr/ports' in order to see which ports need to be updated using > 'portversion'. This doesn't seem correct...and if so portsnap would > seem like a much better tool. Perhaps I should be running 'make > fetchindex' instead? I'm sure I've read about the correct way to do so, > but it doesn't appear to be here: > https://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsSubversionPrimer Subversion is not relevant; it has not changed the use of the index file. 'portversion' is part of the portupgrade port, and requires not just an index but its own database version of the index file. Building your own index will be slightly more accurate for what is actually on your box, but fetching it will be much faster and nearly always accurate enough.
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