How to update ports tree indexes when using svn

Ronald Klop ronald-freebsd8 at klop.yi.org
Mon Dec 10 15:50:48 UTC 2012


On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:39:56 +0100, S.N.Grigoriev  
<serguey-grigoriev at yandex.ru> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> after the security announcement  
> (http://www.freebsd.org/news/2012-compromise.html) I use svn to update  
> my local ports tree. I've found out that the port index is not updated.  
> What is the preferred/recommended way to update port indexes when using  
> svn?

Unless you are a ports committer I recommend you use portsnap to update  
your ports tree. It takes care of the INDEX file too.

Ronald.


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