Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:39:01 +0100 (CET) From: "Julien Gabel" <jpeg@thilelli.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Missing INDEX file in Ports. Message-ID: <38474.145.248.192.30.1106905141.squirrel@145.248.192.30> In-Reply-To: <196F548E-7108-11D9-8513-000A95BB7150@ahze.net> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKECMFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <196F548E-7108-11D9-8513-000A95BB7150@ahze.net>
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>> Your missing the point. INDEX is supposed to be in the RELEASES >> on the CDROMs because the CD's are supposed to be self-contained, >> ie: you should not require an Internet connection to get a complete >> install. Otherwise there's no point in even bothering to release >> the CDROMS in the first place. > Yeah, I totally agree, INDEX should be included in ports.tar.gz for at > least RELEASES. Included or not, the release is self contained (and don't require an internet in that case) since the INDEX or INDEX-5 file can always be generated from the local ports tree, via : # cd /usr/ports; make index -- -jpeg.
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