Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:44:37 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1050774277.76f83b@mired.org> To: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Error in fontconfig Message-ID: <16026.62341.42973.753668@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20030414170827.GA32192@lothlorien.nagual.st> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030414130808.00a457a0@127.0.0.1> <5.2.0.9.0.20030414153955.00a3f4c0@127.0.0.1> <200304140953.06389.kstewart@owt.com> <20030414170827.GA32192@lothlorien.nagual.st>
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In <20030414170827.GA32192@lothlorien.nagual.st>, dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> typed: > On 14 Apr Kent Stewart wrote: > > If you aren't rebuilding your INDEX* files after you cvsup, you are > > using an INDEX dated 29 Mar. > Is it really needed to rebuild INDEX after every cvsup of the ports? > Someone suggested one time: > # make index > # pkgdb -F > # portsdb -u I think the "pkgdb -F" isn't needed. The database of installed packages isn't really affected that much by cvsupping ports. About the only thing that might break is that a port may have been renamed or obsoleted, so that the db no longer has a valid origin. That won't make any difference until you try and upgrade that port, at which point you'll be told to run "pkgdb -F". The pkgdb man page says run it "periodically". That could be when you do a ports cvsup. Personally, I run it when one of the portupgrade tools says it's broken and I need to run it. > This all takes a long time. "Make index" takes 'ages' > I guess I have to live with that if it means you're errorfree, but > still, is it? Yes, it is. Note that "portsdb -U" will do the equivalent of "make index" for you. So all you have to do is one "portsdb -uU" after cvsupping the ports. Which is exactly what the portsdb man page recommends doing. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.
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