Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:24:42 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Lots of installed ports show "succeeds index" Message-ID: <CAN6yY1vCDqDOAYPjQX_eW7hpJb_kRQc2Te8Hx5fHGDQzoNK2ng@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <slrnlt4rnd.1fpr.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> References: <86vbqnhp8t.wl-hskuhra@eumx.net> <86tx67hp0x.wl-hskuhra@eumx.net> <53D00A72.9090306@infracaninophile.co.uk> <slrnlt1s9b.bhl.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <CAN6yY1tVFpH4d_pQSQOs0rtBkZjZMSKcc=Rbxaqz%2BUSJobyvMw@mail.gmail.com> <slrnlt2uvn.p3q.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <CAN6yY1tai9Z=WeXm3PduOWmQ461rfiwkptHsKCufD0w1Y8hbrg@mail.gmail.com> <slrnlt4rnd.1fpr.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>
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On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote: > On 2014-07-24, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > Is there a reason you want to avoid using the index? It's worked just > >> fine > >> > for me for several months on systems with well over 1000 ports > installed. > >> > >> It isn't in sync with my ports tree > > > > Which begs the question, why is it out of sync? If you update your ports > > tree, all you need to do is: > > make -C /usr/ports fetchindex (takes a few seconds) > > Which fetches an INDEX file that is regularly generated on some > FreeBSD server, but is not in sync with the exact revision of the > ports tree I just updated to. > > -- > Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de > Yes, but the INDEX is guaranteed to older than your tre, so you never get the ports installed as being newer than those in the ports tree. I always issue a fetchindex immediately after an 'svn up /usr/ports' so they are very close. It's worked for me for many years, going back to CVS days, of course. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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