Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:56:58 -0400 From: AlanE <alane@geeksrus.net> To: "Clark C. Evans" <cce@clarkevans.com> Cc: AlanE <alane@geeksrus.net>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/ports/INDEX update policy? Message-ID: <20021015045658.GB53098@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> In-Reply-To: <20021015045802.GA38168@doublegemini.com> References: <20021015045004.GA38128@doublegemini.com> <20021015044705.GA53098@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20021015045802.GA38168@doublegemini.com>
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On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:58:02AM +0000, Clark C. Evans wrote: >On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 12:47:05AM -0400, AlanE wrote: >| Just run 'portsdb -U' and sit back and wait an hour. > >Ahh. I did a "make index" and it seems to be chugging >along. This works for me; but I'm curious if it is >the norm for the INDEX in the cvsup to be out-of-date? Yes. Most of the time, you couldn't run it on each port update and have it finish before the next one came in. And it eats CPU like a damn hawg on steriods. 'make -j3' on a uniproc my ass. -- Alan Eldridge Unix/C(++) IT Pro, 20 yrs, seeking new employment. (http://wwweasel.geeksrus.net/~alane/resume.txt) KDE, KDE-FreeBSD Teams (http://www.kde.org, http://freebsd.kde.org/) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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