From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 31 01:55:59 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0D3C961 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:55:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andre@drenet.info) Received: from mail-yh0-x22d.google.com (mail-yh0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c01::22d]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73B2D36C for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:55:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f45.google.com with SMTP id i21so195399yha.32 for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:55:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=drenet.info; s=google; h=x-received:content-type:to:cc:subject:references:date:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:from:message-id:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=Q/3i+HKrOLi8lXeJZvSU/1Z8hFBGK8Y8EMVItf8UDCQ=; b=S1XWCDREcNw1p3I4YoCPAAarGtP9fynbBC4k3AJW12S+Z5ikc4n85ZbCBZ5okCrfr6 2ldF/FtbF/w9KCWmsOEqMwY+keKSZvOQ6esise0S1ORtDyulj9ig0DoATMLUOkxwIRwh 99a0NZw/ydCGIRyUgXbVUi5vLQ9WskOWoBnl4= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:content-type:to:cc:subject:references:date:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:from:message-id:in-reply-to:user-agent :x-gm-message-state; bh=Q/3i+HKrOLi8lXeJZvSU/1Z8hFBGK8Y8EMVItf8UDCQ=; b=GaQGKoN6OLxDL+BnKUEhhd8ppSIGcaG3Ig4CqSX3S7QqIAHO9TbOEmW/DNzDw0l9JI yo1dEpKpoG+Lh6bWzt3OPMviixm7V6d7BDaDZI+xq2ahc/QqHuMI7KfyisAA8+iwtJcN S4xKpJHFVikRAa3RMrYINNBg5e7x1qPOr6ZII0H9eJXYNyxtCyVnxV1L8VVbf8GHE2q2 1pcykwm1WFnbBu36vsP91b45Oyd/wMyIZkZoWbWrMcgRP8yEI5Xyns2NEvAEDVhY0BTj imL8o47mrMRFYBvh85ZZ9VT36aStSurGykczQLbIp9QaqFLA5jeUxmnY7UKsFJLmUDrw 3M6g== X-Received: by 10.236.123.75 with SMTP id u51mr2949374yhh.175.1364694958679; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:55:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sideswipe.accesso.office ([68.202.42.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x71sm14506933yhg.17.2013.03.30.18.55.57 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:55:57 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: "Lowell Gilbert" Subject: Re: Proper way to update ports with svn References: <515607C1.2010701@drenet.info> <44d2uhcahf.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:55:56 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Andre Goree" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <44d2uhcahf.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.14 (Linux) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkogdtKLEGP3TNgsPbZGvXmsMVXO8M+gjHq/7aglLNE3b6pjKNOH/4SQjx4rNGmWVKLQ556 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:55:59 -0000 On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:56:12 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Andre Goree writes: > >> I seem to have to run 'make index' in /usr/ports after I've run 'svn up >> /usr/ports' in order to see which ports need to be updated using >> 'portversion'. This doesn't seem correct...and if so portsnap would >> seem like a much better tool. Perhaps I should be running 'make >> fetchindex' instead? I'm sure I've read about the correct way to do so, >> but it doesn't appear to be here: >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsSubversionPrimer > > Subversion is not relevant; it has not changed the use of the > index file. 'portversion' is part of the portupgrade port, and > requires not just an index but its own database version of the > index file. Building your own index will be slightly more > accurate for what is actually on your box, but fetching it will > be much faster and nearly always accurate enough. Thanks for the insight! -- Andre Goree andre@drenet.info