On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 05:13:14PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > After running > > # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile > # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile > before running > # portupgrade -aRr > > whether I need to run > > # pkgdb -F
You don't generally need to run this every time -- it does no harm if
you do though. portupgrade(1) and friends will generally run this
automatically if needed. If the dependencies get a bit mixed up, you
will be told that you need to run 'pkgdb -Fu'.
> # portsdb -Uu
This, or an equivalent command, is necessary. Basically what it does
is build the INDEX or INDEX-5 file. The command:
# cd /usr/ports
# make index
does basically the same thing. Takes a while -- perhaps 10 -- 20
minutes on a typical machine. Alternatively you can download a
freshly built copy from one of:
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/INDEX
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/INDEX-5
Those are about 5MiB apiece and they don't contain the effects of any
local settings from your /etc/make.conf.
Cheers,
Matthew
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