Kris Kennaway writes:

>  > The script relies on you having an up-to-date INDEX file; do "make
>  > index" first to be sure (which reminds me, why is the INDEX file
>  > always out of sync after a cvsup?).  It only tries to upgrade ports
>  
>  Because it's only generated periodically, not every time someone
>  adds or modifies a port, which would be very wasteful.

        How often is periodically?
        While I read the output of my CVSup sessions, it had been my
impression that INDEX was an accurate (+/- epsilon) snapshot of the
ports tree.  Are you telling me it could be, oh, two or three weeks
out of date ...?


                        Robert Huff




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