How to update port collection properly ?

[Kris Kennaway]

On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 04:03:30AM +0000, Supote Lee wrote:
> 
> 
> >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 ?

It's in the ports manpage, and I thought it was in the handbook too.

Kris
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