From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Sep 30 15: 8:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id 8C66714E9B; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 15:08:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D4501CD485; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 15:08:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@hub.freebsd.org) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 15:08:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: Robert Huff Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: updating packages automatically, etc.pp. In-Reply-To: <14323.53925.815819.699822@r84aap011262.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Robert Huff wrote: > > > The script relies on you having an up-to-date INDEX file; do "make > > > index" first to be sure (which reminds me, why is the INDEX file > > > always out of sync after a cvsup?). It only tries to upgrade ports > > > > Because it's only generated periodically, not every time someone > > adds or modifies a port, which would be very wasteful. > > How often is periodically? > While I read the output of my CVSup sessions, it had been my > impression that INDEX was an accurate (+/- epsilon) snapshot of the > ports tree. Are you telling me it could be, oh, two or three weeks > out of date ...? Yes. Check the commit logs. Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message