How to update port collection properly ?

[Supote Lee]

>From: Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org>
>To: Supote Lee <kingtutankhamen at hotmail.com>
>CC: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: How to update port collection properly ?
>Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 22:16:49 -0500
>
>On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 03:13:56AM +0000, Supote Lee wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> >   I'm currently running FreeBSD.4.11-p14 on by box at home.
> > Yesterday, I tried to update its ports collection (I mean /usr/port)
> > with cvsup, then installed Firefox but I can't. "make install clean"
> > returned me with error.
>
>Show us the error.
>
> > --- snipped of my supfile ---
> > *default host=cvsup2.jp.freebsd.org
> > *default base=/usr/local/etc
> > *default prefix=/usr
> > *default release=cvs tag=.
> > *default delete use-rel-suffix
> >
> > # If your network link is a T1 or faster, comment out the following 
>line.
> > *default compress
> >
> > ports-all
> > --- snipped of my supfile ---
> >
> >   Is my port updating process correct or I miss something ?
>
>Looks OK.
>
> > Is it necessary for me to run "make index" in /usr/ports ?
>
>No, 'make fetchindex' will usually suffice.
>
>Kris


Thanks Kris

   But I wonder why this isn't in the "Handbook" and what is such command
used for ?

TIA
pjn

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