How to update port collection properly ?

Fri Mar 10 03:16:50 UTC 2006

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
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