(cvsup newbie questions)

[Joshua Lokken]

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:13:05 -0800, Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig at spymac.com>  
> IIRC, pkgtools.conf only works with the pkgtools apps, like portupgrade.
> I don't think it works with making the port from the tree itself (like
> if you cd to the folder and make install clean), but options you use in
> building it from the ports tree will be stored
> in /var/db/ports/<portname>/options, as mentioned above. This is what I
> meant by "remembered."

Yes, correct.

> > > Also, semi related, whats this "Generating INDEX-5 - please wait.."
> > > thing and why does it take an hour for it to generate?
> >
> > The machine is building the ports collection INDEX-5 file from the
> > make describe output of all of the ports.  You can simplify this
> > process by doing 'make fetchindex' after you cvsup each time.
> 
> Yes, although you should cd /usr/ports before you do that. I guess the
> way people are doing this now is cvsup ports, cd /usr/ports && make
> fetchindex && portsdb -u (this last step will be done automatically
> when it needs to be done, but you can do it anyway after a ports tree
> update). You can also use /usr/ports/sysutils/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex ,
> which speeds up the process of making a new INDEX locally.

Ah, yes, it does help to be in /usr/ports when one runs 'make fetchindex'.

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Joshua Lokken
Open Source Advocate