make index
Dan O'Connor
dan at ferrarishields.com
Tue Jan 24 11:11:20 PST 2006
> After running CVSup, I've seen people build their "index" via
>
> cd /usr/ports
> make index
> # wait a frickin' long time
>
> What is the index, and does it really require rebuilding after each
> CVSup?
It's the index that's used to determine if installed ports are up to
date. And yes, it takes a frickin' long time to generate...
I've automated it in my CVSup script, and run it at night, when I don't
that it takes a long time. Here's what I do:
http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/sheet.cgi?cvsup
Have fun!
~Dan
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