FreeBSD-8 and portsnap
barbara
barbara.xxx1975 at libero.it
Sun Jul 26 17:23:42 UTC 2009
> Hi, I can also confirm thist, after isntaling FreeBSD 8 and doing
> portsnap fetch, then portsnap extract,
>
> If I do:
>
> cd /usr/ports
>
> then:
>
> make search name=kde4 (for example)
>
> It says there is no index, to make fetchindex.
>
> If I make fetchindex it works ok.
>
> But also works if I type again:
>
> portsnap extract
>
> Only occurs with a fresh install and in the first time you do portsnap
> fetch, portsnap extract.
>
> Hope it helps
You are correct.
That's why initially the file exists.
But then it will not be updated by portsnap.
Barbara
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