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Date:      Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:59:22 +0000
From:      Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CVSUP del INDEX file in ports
Message-ID:  <20050118125922.GD75927@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
In-Reply-To: <200501182248.28365.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com>
References:  <200501182248.28365.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com>

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On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 10:48:28PM +1000, Warren wrote:
> is there a particular reason why the ports INDEX file is del each time cv=
sup=20
> is run and then re-d/l in a portupgrade ?

Because it's almost certainly quicker to download a new copy from FreeBSD=
=20
than it is to let your ports system build it anew.

Dan

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