> > So could I run "make fetchindex" from NetBSD even if I don't attempt to
> > actually build ports from NetBSD?
> > I would have to point the MAKECONF to FreeBSD's /etc/make.conf rather than
> > use NetBSD's /etc/mk.conf which is specific to NetBSD.
> > Or is it safe to skip "make fetchindex"
On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:27:57 +
Matthew Seaman wrote:
> If you do need a copy of the index, then you have two choices
>
>* build your own. 'make index' will thrash your machine for
> upwards of twenty minutes,
That's pessimistic, on my low-end i5 with low-performance disks,
it takes be
On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 04:41:17AM -0800, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Is it necessary to make fetchindex after downloading or updating the ports
> tree using svn?
>
> I have new installations of head and 10-stable where I so far can't connect
> to the Internet, though I can from Linux and NetBSD-cu
> Building ports on NetBSD is a whole other kettle of fish. It's not
> going to work without a lot of effort to add compatibility changes.
> (Getting the ports working on DFly which is much more closely related to
> FBSD has been a fairly recent achievement, and that took quite a lot of
> local pa
On 12/03/13 12:41, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Is it necessary to make fetchindex after downloading or updating the ports
> tree using svn?
>
> I have new installations of head and 10-stable where I so far can't connect
> to the Internet, though I can from Linux and NetBSD-current amd64.
>
> So I u
On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 04:41:17 -0800 (PST)
Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Is it necessary to make fetchindex after downloading or updating the
> ports tree using svn?
Not absolutely, it's needed for portupgrade, port searches, and a number
of utilities use it for speeding various things up.
> I have new i
Is it necessary to make fetchindex after downloading or updating the ports tree
using svn?
I have new installations of head and 10-stable where I so far can't connect to
the Internet, though I can from Linux and NetBSD-current amd64.
So I use subversion, built on NetBSD from pkgsrc, to checkout
