Missing INDEX file in Ports

[Michael C. Shultz]

On Friday 28 January 2005 02:53 am, Michael Johnson wrote:
> On Jan 28, 2005, at 5:36 AM, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > On Friday 28 January 2005 12:39 am, Michael Johnson wrote:
> >> On Jan 28, 2005, at 3:28 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Kent Stewart [mailto:kstewart at owt.com]
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:34 PM
> >>>> To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> >>>> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >>>> Subject: Re: Missing INDEX file in Ports
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thursday 27 January 2005 11:30 pm, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >>>>>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Kent
> >>>>>> Stewart Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:19 PM
> >>>>>> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >>>>>> Cc: Ted Mittelstaedt
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: Missing INDEX file in Ports
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Thursday 27 January 2005 11:00 pm, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hi All,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>   Has anyone seen this before, I just installed 4.11 and in
> >>>>>>> /usr/ports typed make search key="ghostscript" and the
> >>>>>>> machine went away for a couple hours to generate an INDEX
> >>>>>>> file.  (this is a P75, unfortunately)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>   Has anyone else noticed the INDEX file is missing in the
> >>>>>>> 4.11-RELEASE ports directory?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> If you cvsup ports-all, INDEX[-56] is deleted. You want to
> >>>>>> cd /usr/ports
> >>>>>> make fetchindex
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The fetch of a compressed file is much faster than generating
> >>>>>> it
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> :).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Even faster would have been for it to be on the same CDROM that
> >>>>> the rest of the ports directories were copied from.
> >>>>
> >>>> You would have to go to the cvsweb.cgi attic to find out how
> >>>> many months
> >>>> it has been removed from ports.
> >>>
> >>> Do you really think I care how long it's been removed?
> >>>
> >>> Your missing the point.  INDEX is supposed to be in the RELEASES
> >>> on the CDROMs because the CD's are supposed to be self-contained,
> >>> ie: you should not require an Internet connection to get a
> >>> complete install.  Otherwise there's no point in even bothering
> >>> to release the CDROMS in the first place.
> >>>
> >>> INDEX isn't in SNAPS and such because it makes no sense
> >>> generating it for a ports tree that's open for committing since
> >>> new ports could be added at any time.  However the ports tree on
> >>> the CDROM is static, not dynamic.
> >>>
> >>> Please note the following:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.11R/schedule.html
> >>
> >> Yeah, I totally agree, INDEX should be included in ports.tar.gz
> >> for at least RELEASES.
> >>
> >> Michael
> >
> > Won't "make index" work on the release CDs? Maybe they needed the
> > space for something else?
>
> yeah, but including it would be easier for alot of people. Especially
> people who
> are using a slower computer.
>
I agree "make index" is no fun on a slow computer, but if space is a 
problem is it really a good idea to put generated files on the CD?

-Mike