Proposed patch to inform users of fetchindex

[Ulrich Spoerlein]

On Mon, 31.01.2005 at 15:56:26 -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> >IMHO saying this is equivalent to saying that one should use GENERIC
> >kernel.
> 
> Um, no, the two things are not even close to equivalent. Anyone who 
> wants/needs to dig deeply enough into the ports infrastructure that they 
> must build a cusomized index file is welcome to all the pain that comes 
> with that endeavor. Once again, for the average user (and I count myself 
> in that camp for this purpose), 'make fetchindex' is what they really 
> need, and we should make it easier for them to find it.

Well, I like building my own INDEX, it often breaks because
people overlook small errors hiding away in hidden WITH_FOO defines.

e.g. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=76951

Ulrich Spoerlein
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Ok, which part of "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."
didn't you understand?