Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:01:53 +0000 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSUP del INDEX file in ports Message-ID: <200501192201.54302.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <20050118125800.GC55810@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200501182248.28365.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> <20050118125800.GC55810@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Tuesday 18 January 2005 12:58, Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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 > > cvsup is run and then re-d/l in a portupgrade ? > > Yes, see /usr/ports/UPDATING or the mailing list archives of ports@ > for extensive discussion. I haven't seen anything in UPDATING about portupgrade *downloading* an INDEX, instead of building one, is that right?
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