Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 18:33:07 -0400 From: Adam McLaurin <adam.mclaurin@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Why build INDEX ? Message-ID: <20031017183307.401450af.adam.mclaurin@gmx.net>
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--=.Bab,Aoeou+A6_I Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kris, maybe you can answer this definitively, once and for all. What are the precise reasons why INDEX is needed? Also, what is the practical difference between using 'make index' and 'portsdb -uU'? I've been told by a few people that INDEX is unnecessary unless you're building a package, which most end users will never do. However, I am suspicious that there are other reasons for INDEX, but I've never heard definitively what they are. I do know that building INDEX after cvsup allows using portversion instead of pkg_version, for a bit of a performance improvement. However, pkg_version isn't THAT slow, so I certainly don't think building INDEX (~30-40 minutes on my box) is worth it just for that. Kris, want to clear my conscience here? Is it REALLY needed for the typical end user? -- Adam --=.Bab,Aoeou+A6_I Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/kG4pt+DSc2Q4lGYRArq0AJ416DAEGAw62RsXWENrYoYtEgaHnwCfel6d nHmyARMMzvYlkf3iWhsQtNU= =1suC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.Bab,Aoeou+A6_I--
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