>> Your missing the point.  INDEX is supposed to be in the RELEASES
>> on the CDROMs because the CD's are supposed to be self-contained,
>> ie: you should not require an Internet connection to get a complete
>> install.  Otherwise there's no point in even bothering to release
>> the CDROMS in the first place.

> Yeah, I totally agree, INDEX should be included in ports.tar.gz for at
> least RELEASES.

Included or not, the release is self contained (and don't require an
internet in that case) since the INDEX or INDEX-5 file can always be
generated from the local ports tree, via :
  # cd /usr/ports; make index

-- 
-jpeg.

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