INDEX-5 is deleted then reconstructed by "make index"

[Kent Stewart]

On Wednesday 29 October 2003 10:10 am, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:15:36 -0800, Kent Stewart <kstewart at owt.com> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 29 October 2003 07:57 am, Andrew J Caines wrote:
> >> Jeremy,


> >> > Result: The 'my' way is a winner, easier and quick. :-)
> >>
> >> So what is the major difference between your setup and mine?
> >
> > Wait till a change like the last upgrade to gettext comes along and you
> > have
> > to rebuild all of the ports that use it. He will have to rebuild each of
> > them
> > manually. You can use portupgrade recursively on gettext and wait for it
> > to
> > finish.
>
> Uh? No, I do not have to do it by manual. All I have to do is 'portupgrade
> -rf gettext -m BATCH=yes'.. It's about pkg_version and portversion; not
> portupgrade. ;-) Or, maybe I don't understand your point?

Portupgrade needs a curent version of INDEX[-5] and INDEX.db to do this.

Kent

>
> Cheers,
> Mezz
>
> > Kent
> >
> >> > But, I don't know  how it will make the difference if I have the 9,000
> >> > packages installed.
> >>
> >> 231 installed on the PII, 188 on the P4, all built from ports.
> >>
> >>
> >> [1] http://halplant.com:88/software/FreeBSD/scripts/update_fbsd
> >> [2] http://halplant.com:88/systems.html
> >> [3] Find disk specs for the Optiplex GX400 on Dell's web site and win
> >>     a prize for persistence in the face of crappy design and slow
> >> delivery.
> >>
> >>
> >> -Andrew-

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Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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