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Date:      Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:50:07 -0600
From:      "Donald J. O'Neill" <donaldjoneill@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
Subject:   Re: make index
Message-ID:  <200601241750.08069.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060124190159.GH29457@tigger.digitaltorque.ca>
References:  <20060124190159.GH29457@tigger.digitaltorque.ca>

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What version of FreeBSD are you using. It can make a difference as to 
which way want to you go. If you are using 6.0, you can use portsnap, 
which is so much faster than anything else, it's laughable. I only use 
cvsup for updating src.

Don



On Tuesday 24 January 2006 13:01, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> After running CVSup, I've seen people build their "index" via
>
> cd /usr/ports
> make index
> # wait a frickin' long time
>
> What is the index, and does it really require rebuilding after each
> CVSup?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike



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