HEADSUP: INDEX[-5] files were removed from CVS.

Richard Coleman rcoleman at criticalmagic.com
Sat Nov 13 15:29:07 GMT 2004


Mark Russell wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Kirill Ponomarew wrote:
>> Since CVS version of INDEX was always out-dated, portmgr decided to
>>  remove it from CVS tree.  You will still be able to build your own
>>  INDEX or use 'fetchindex' target in /usr/ports/.
> 
> please back this out, it breaks things, I've never found an out of
> date index to be a problem, now not havign an index is causing
> problems, also the extra bandwidth for fetch index is a hassle.
> 
> at least let the issue be discused on the list.

Just change your cvsup script to rebuild INDEX[-5] afterwards.  That's 
what I do.  The change is fine with me.

Richard Coleman
rcoleman at criticalmagic.com


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