Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:34:26 -0500 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Proposed patch to inform users of fetchindex Message-ID: <9d4b3302417c62160b42f6ddc23d2974@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <41FEC9A2.7070606@FreeBSD.org> References: <20050131143802.X1177@ync.qbhto.arg> <41FEC61F.6000309@FreeBSD.org> <20050131155701.U1177@ync.qbhto.arg> <41FEC9A2.7070606@FreeBSD.org>
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On Jan 31, 2005, at 7:13 PM, Adam Weinberger wrote:
> That said, I'd also be okay with having 'make index' do the same thing
> as 'make fetchindex', and have the current 'make index' behaviour be
> moved to a new target called 'make buildindex'.
Adam's made an excellent point here, so how about something like:
--- Makefile.orig Mon Dec 20 13:21:54 2004
+++ Makefile Mon Jan 31 19:29:39 2005
@@ -66,6 +66,22 @@
.include <bsd.port.subdir.mk>
index:
+ @${ECHO} 'Building the index file for the ports collection is a
complex task, which'
+ @${ECHO} 'may take anywhere from several minutes to an hour or
longer to complete.'
+ @${ECHO} 'If you do not have a complete, up-to-date ports
collection, building the'
+ @${ECHO} 'index will fail. Please be sure you are not using a
cvsup refuse file.'
+ @${ECHO} ''
+ @${ECHO} 'If are certain you want to build your own index, hit
Cntl-C now and use:'
+ @${ECHO} ''
+ @${ECHO} ' make buildindex'
+ @${ECHO} ''
+ @${ECHO} '...instead. However, most users prefer to use "make
fetchindex", which'
+ @${ECHO} 'will download the latest working version of the index
(~600K).'
+ @${ECHO} ''
+ @sleep 3
+ make fetchindex
+
+buildindex:
@rm -f ${.CURDIR}/${INDEXFILE}
@cd ${.CURDIR} && make ${.CURDIR}/${INDEXFILE}
--
-Chuck
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