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On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 08:55:25PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
>=20
> > Not that I don't value the INDEX as a great QA tool, but I wonder why=
=20
> > lots of people need to build their own INDEX.
>=20
> Back before we had the daily builds and the 'make fetchindex' target,
> it was about the only way to keep that file up-to-date.  Now it isn't,
> but probably most people don't know that yet.

It's still the only way to build an index customized for your local
settings and installed ports.

Kris


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