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Date:      Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:16:38 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portmaster options
Message-ID:  <20121012131638.1683e516.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20121012T063245-859@post.gmane.org>
References:  <loom.20121012T063245-859@post.gmane.org>

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On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:35:43 +0000 (UTC), jb wrote:
> Hi,
> what is the diff between
> --index
> and
> --index-only

According to "man portmaster" there are some options that
control the behaviour regarding the use of INDEX:

     --no-index-fetch
         skip fetching the INDEX file

     --index
         use INDEX-[7-9] exclusively to check if a port is up to date

     --index-first
         use the INDEX for status, but double-check with the port

     --index-only
         do not try to use /usr/ports.  For updating ports when no /usr/ports
         directory is present the -PP|--packages-only option is required.  See
         the ENVIRONMENT section below for additional requirements.

This means --index-only is to be used when using portmaster for
binary installs without an installed ports collection.



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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