ports INDEX file layout?

2010-07-27 Thread Aiza
Where can I find the description of the /usr/ports/INDEX-8 file? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: ports INDEX file layout?

2010-07-27 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Aiza aiz...@comclark.com writes: Where can I find the description of the /usr/ports/INDEX-8 file? Try bsd.ports.mk. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-23 Thread b. f.
ports require an existing INDEX file to process and since I have none they don't work. How can I just download the ports INDEX file? Portsnap is not a solution. I see in the source of porteasy that its fetching http://www.freebsd.org/ports/INDEX-8.bz2 How can I verify this? Usually the index file

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-23 Thread Fbsd8
the above ports require an existing INDEX file to process and since I have none they don't work. How can I just download the ports INDEX file? Portsnap is not a solution. I see in the source of porteasy that its fetching http://www.freebsd.org/ports/INDEX-8.bz2 How can I verify this? Usually

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-23 Thread b. f.
On 7/23/10, Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: b. f. wrote: Benjamin Lee wrote: On 07/22/2010 06:20 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: ... Well first thanks for the info you provided though it was all negative. I think that you were misinterpreting what I wrote if you think that it was all negative. I will

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-23 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
On 07/23/2010 03:56 AM, Fbsd8 wrote: Now the Freebsd method of the 22,000 individual ports each with 3 to 5 files is a method which has out lived its usefulness. TAKE NOTE: NO FLAME WAR INTENDED. I just think a option should exist for us who don't follow the bleeding edge. Sure to some people

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-23 Thread Benjamin Lee
On 07/23/2010 01:56 AM, Fbsd8 wrote: Now about my project. Since about 4.0 I stopped using the ports tree method. I now all most totally use the package system. I do not upgrade a RELEASE but instead use the install from scratch method about a few weeks after a new RELEASE is published. So

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-23 Thread RW
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:56:56 +0800 Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: tree is no big deal, but I bet they don't do backups. If that's an issue, don't back it up. That ports tree directory is a large resource hog if you lift the blinders and look at the big picture. Just my 2 cents.

ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Fbsd8
have none they don't work. How can I just download the ports INDEX file? Portsnap is not a solution. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Tim Daneliuk
INDEX file to process and since I have none they don't work. How can I just download the ports INDEX file? Portsnap is not a solution. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Fbsd8
require an existing INDEX file to process and since I have none they don't work. How can I just download the ports INDEX file? Portsnap is not a solution. ___ You can use 'csup' to get the ports tree down. You'll find the relevant config file (assuming

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Benjamin Lee
an existing INDEX file to process and since I have none they don't work. How can I just download the ports INDEX file? Portsnap is not a solution. Well, The INDEX file is a component of the ports tree distribution. If you choose not to use the supported method of installing it (i.e. installing

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Fbsd8
require an existing INDEX file to process and since I have none they don't work. How can I just download the ports INDEX file? Portsnap is not a solution. Well, The INDEX file is a component of the ports tree distribution. If you choose not to use the supported method of installing it (i.e

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
is in both cases the above ports require an existing INDEX file to process and since I have none they don't work. How can I just download the ports INDEX file? Portsnap is not a solution. You can use my ports-mgmt/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex port to build an INDEX file -- ideally you should get

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Jason
one level down the tree). Problem is in both cases the above ports require an existing INDEX file to process and since I have none they don't work. How can I just download the ports INDEX file? Portsnap is not a solution. You can use my ports-mgmt/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex port to build an INDEX file