Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:50:07 -0600 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" <donaldjoneill@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> Subject: Re: make index Message-ID: <200601241750.08069.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060124190159.GH29457@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> References: <20060124190159.GH29457@tigger.digitaltorque.ca>
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What version of FreeBSD are you using. It can make a difference as to which way want to you go. If you are using 6.0, you can use portsnap, which is so much faster than anything else, it's laughable. I only use cvsup for updating src. Don On Tuesday 24 January 2006 13:01, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > After running CVSup, I've seen people build their "index" via > > cd /usr/ports > make index > # wait a frickin' long time > > What is the index, and does it really require rebuilding after each > CVSup? > > Thanks, > Mike
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