martinko wrote: > Colin Percival wrote: >> portsnap -I cron update && pkg_version -vIL= > > what is this "I" parameter to pkg_version supposed to be? > i don't seem to have it here on 5.4R.
It's a new flag in 6.0R; it means "just use the INDEX, you stupid program". ;-) Without that flag, pkg_version tries to be intelligent -- it will go into each port directory and run "/usr/bin/make -V PKGNAME" in order to work out exactly what version of the port is in the tree, and will only use the INDEX if that fails. Unfortunately, running make(1) repeatedly makes pkg_version about 50 times slower than if it just uses the INDEX file; so if you know that the INDEX is up to date (which will be the case if you use portsnap), the -I option makes pkg_version much faster. Colin Percival _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
