FreeBSD-8 and portsnap

[barbara]

> Hi, I can also confirm thist, after isntaling FreeBSD 8 and doing
> portsnap fetch, then portsnap extract,
> 
> If I do:
> 
> cd /usr/ports
> 
> then:
> 
> make search name=kde4 (for example)
> 
> It says there is no index, to make fetchindex.
> 
> If I make fetchindex it works ok.
> 
> But also works if I type again:
> 
> portsnap extract
> 
> Only occurs with a fresh install and in the first time you do portsnap
> fetch, portsnap extract.
> 
> Hope it helps

You are correct.
That's why initially the file exists.
But then it will not be updated by portsnap.

Barbara