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Date:      Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:34:36 +0200
From:      "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
To:        barbara <barbara.xxx1975@libero.it>
Cc:        freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD-8 and portsnap
Message-ID:  <20090726193435.GA1103@arthur.nitro.dk>
In-Reply-To: <KNDOJW$0777DB6CF344D174AEDAC3A9BBEBDE86@libero.it>
References:  <KNDOJW$0777DB6CF344D174AEDAC3A9BBEBDE86@libero.it>

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On 2009.07.26 09:23:56 +0200, barbara wrote:
> Why portsnap doesn't provide INDEX-8?

Because INDEX-7 and INDEX-8 are (have been) mostly identical, so while
8.0 is -CURRENT is hasn't been deemed that the extra build time on the
portsnap servers was worth it.  The longer a portsnap snapshot build
takes, the longer the delay between ports commit and it showing up in
peoples /usr/ports using portsnap.

The workaround is to set the following in make.conf:

INDEXFILE?=    INDEX-7

I know Colin Percival has been talking about adding INDEX-8, so I
expect it will show up in portsnap soon.  Do note that AFAIR it
requires that the client also be updated after the new INDEX-8 is
generated so you won't get it without upgrading world.

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen



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