Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:29:34 -0400 From: Adam McLaurin <adam.mclaurin@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why build INDEX ? Message-ID: <20031018192934.2c3ed3fa.adam.mclaurin@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <44smlqqwil.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20031017183307.401450af.adam.mclaurin@gmx.net> <44smlqqwil.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On 18 Oct 2003 13:35:30 -0400 Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > 'pkg_version -v' and 'make search' are very useful, and depend on an > up-to-date INDEX file. 'pkg_version -v' does NOT depend on an up-to-date INDEX. > This is completely incorrect. Building INDEX.db is for portversion. > INDEX has to be updated for pkg_version to see the updated versions of > the ports skeletons (in other words, if you don't rebuild it, > 'pkg_version -v won't know that your ports have been updated). Again, 'pkg_version -v' works just fine without an updated INDEX. I've done it hundreds of times; it always works. -- Adam
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