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

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:30:34 -0800, Kent Stewart <kstewart at owt.com> wrote:

> 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.

Nope, it doesn't need.. I never update the INDEX and it always work. If I 
edit the one of Makefile in the ports tree without update the INDEX and 
the portupgrade still will recoginze those change to update.

Cheers,
Mezz

> 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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