On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Robert Huff wrote:
> > > 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 out of date ...?
Yes. Check the commit logs.
Kris
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