Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:15:43 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: John Reynolds <jjreynold@home.com> Cc: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make index broken? Message-ID: <38F7523F.1D1D6443@3-cities.com> References: <14582.44973.654107.980182@whale.home-net> <20000414065027.B19141@argon.blackdawn.com> <14583.9279.731684.583301@whale.home-net>
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John Reynolds wrote: > > [ On Friday, April 14, Will Andrews wrote: ] > > > > Why are you using ``make index'' anyway? The only thing it does is generate > > INDEX, which isn't awesomely useful for the average person since Satoshi > > regens it himself every now and then. Overwriting ports/INDEX brings a risk > > - cvs (or whatever tool you use) may think the previous revision (which is > > supposed to be on your system) is broken/gone/fubar'd/whatever. The INDEX > > file is pretty darn big.. ;) > > Well, the CVS thing is not a terrible concern to me. The reason I'm using it is > because the INDEX file is not updated but only "every now and then." When I > CVSup the ports, I like using pkg_version to tell me what has been > updated. This works using the INDEX file. If a port was updated but the INDEX > file didn't show that it was updated to a new version, pkg_version would not be > able to tell me .... I wonder if something is out of date such as your bsd.port makefiles. I have been cvsup'ing right along with the changes and can still make the INDEX. Kent > > > <thoughtful> > > > > I do suppose perhaps you simply ignore cvs/cvsup on ports/INDEX and regen > > it yourself every few days or something. That could save download time, but > > certainly not CPU or I/O time. :) > > aaaa .... got plenty of CPU and I/O to go around ;-) > > > It is my suspicion that this is caused by PORTNAME/PORTVERSION. > > this was happening before that switch over last weekend--I just didn't have the > time to write to -ports about it. > > -Jr > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > John Reynolds Chandler Capabilities Engineering, CDS, Intel Corporation > jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com My opinions are mine, not Intel's. Running > jjreynold@home.com FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE. FreeBSD: The Power to Serve. > http://members.home.com/jjreynold/ Come join us!!! @ http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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