On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 10:01:53PM +0000, RW wrote: > On Tuesday 18 January 2005 12:58, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 10:48:28PM +1000, Warren wrote: > > > is there a particular reason why the ports INDEX file is del each time > > > cvsup is run and then re-d/l in a portupgrade ? > > > > Yes, see /usr/ports/UPDATING or the mailing list archives of ports@ > > for extensive discussion. > > I haven't seen anything in UPDATING about portupgrade *downloading* an INDEX, > instead of building one, is that right?
Well, you'd check the portupgrade documentation to find out about that. UPDATING explains how to deal with cvsup removing it. Kris
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