/usr/ports/INDEX-5 and INDEX-6

[Kris Kennaway]

On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 02:19:06PM -0400, bob self wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 11:19:57AM -0400, bob self wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>I'm trying FreeBSD 6.0
> >>
> >>I'm updating the ports this way:
> >>
> >>cd /usr/ports
> >>portsnap fetch
> >>portsnap update
> >>make fetchindex
> >>portsdb -u
> >>
> >>....
> >>
> >>I see in /usr/ports that there is an INDEX-5 and an INDEX-6 plus an INDEX.
> >>
> >>Why am I getting an INDEX-5 if I'm running version 6?
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >You shouldn't be, but you didn't demonstrate that you are (and it's
> >not just an old file from when you were running 5.x).
> >
> >Kris
> > 
> >
> I never had version 5 on these hard drives. It's a new 6.0 installation.
> 
> And the time of the INDEX-5 is almost the same as the INDEX-6.

Please do a bit more research yourself, e.g. compare the modification
times before and after running the various commands to see which is
updating it, if any.

Kris

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 187 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/attachments/20050907/bf0ce1e9/attachment.bin