portsdb and portupgrade causes errors

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Thu Dec 23 23:56:09 PST 2004


On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:24:05PM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> On Thursday 23 December 2004 09:59 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 09:42:37PM -0800, Brian Behlendorf wrote:
> > > >run make fetchindex not make fetch index from /usr/ports
> > >
> > > Out of curiosity, why isn't the index included in the update
> > > normally?
> >
> > It changes dozens of times per day, and the deltas would be enormous.
> >
> > Kris
> 
> Way back when, I used to get the INDEX when running cvsup unless
> I put it in the refuse file. Of coarse it was old and useless so one was 
> better off building their own INDEX.  So why cant we just receive the 
> INDEX like we used to, but unlike before, l have it updated as often as 
> is being done now?
                                            ^ 
EPARSE

Kris
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