Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:39:58 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: Mark Russell <freebsd@mark.net.au> Cc: portmgr@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: INDEX[-5] files were removed from CVS. Message-ID: <419646EE.5090304@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20041114020939.T60099@juana.isp.net.au> References: <20041113101925.GB70256@voodoo.oberon.net> <20041114003532.L60099@juana.isp.net.au> <20041114012609.B60099@juana.isp.net.au> <41961E2F.20008@gmx.net> <20041114014750.K60099@juana.isp.net.au> <41962361.6050205@gmx.net> <20041114020939.T60099@juana.isp.net.au>
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Mark Russell wrote:
> I realize ports doesn't have branches, I've also discovered the hours of
> work I have to do due to MAJOR changes in the system not being discussed
> with the userbase
>
> eg
>
> [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 442
> packages found (-0 +1) . done]
> Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait..
It seems that portsdb makes some rather bogus assumptions about the value of
INDEXFILE and other things... it might be best to generate the index by 'make
index' instead of the time being.
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