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| author | Michael Nottebrock <lofi@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-11-15 02:31:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Nottebrock <lofi@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-11-15 02:31:24 +0000 |
| commit | 4b88e38ec181acbd741fe36f269c6af655d54bce (patch) | |
| tree | 72675b9f9ebc2aa751effe327ab8d77ae2c290c6 /UPDATING | |
| parent | 33aca413b5832a6097fd320afbff4a5b390fca83 (diff) | |
| download | ports-4b88e38ec181acbd741fe36f269c6af655d54bce.tar.gz ports-4b88e38ec181acbd741fe36f269c6af655d54bce.zip | |
Add an UPDATING entry which suggests workarounds for default
portupgrade running 'make index' every time cvsup nuked INDEX from
${PORTSDIR}. Anybody feel free to add smarter suggestions.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=121627
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@@ -6,6 +6,25 @@ You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20041115: + AFFECTS: users of sysutils/portupgrade + AUTHOR: lofi@FreeBSD.org + + Due to the recent removal of INDEX and INDEX-5 from FreeBSD's CVS, + portupgrade with default configuration will run 'make index' if started + after cvsup'ing the ports-collection. This may take an undesirably long + time. + + There are several ways to work around this, for example: + + - Run 'make fetchindex' after cvsup'ing ports. + + or + + - Adjust the PORTS_INDEX variable in your environment or in + pkgtools.conf (see portupgrade(1) or the default pkgtools.conf) to + a different value than the default. + 20041111: AFFECTS: users of audio/faad, multimedia/mpeg4ip AUTHOR: lioux@FreeBSD.org |