CVSUP del INDEX file in ports

[Kris Kennaway]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 10:01:53PM +0000, RW wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 January 2005 12:58, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 10:48:28PM +1000, Warren wrote:
> > > is there a particular reason why the ports INDEX file is del each time
> > > cvsup is run and then re-d/l in a portupgrade ?
> >
> > Yes, see /usr/ports/UPDATING or the mailing list archives of ports@
> > for extensive discussion.
> 
> I haven't seen anything in UPDATING about portupgrade *downloading* an INDEX, 
> instead of building one, is that right? 

Well, you'd check the portupgrade documentation to find out about
that.  UPDATING explains how to deal with cvsup removing it.

Kris
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