How often cvsup the ports?

martinko wrote:
> Colin Percival wrote:
>>   portsnap -I cron update && pkg_version
-vIL=
> 
> what is this "I" parameter to pkg_version
supposed to be?
> i don't seem to have it here on 5.4R.

It's a new flag in 6.0R; it means "just use the INDEX,
you stupid
program".  

Without that flag, pkg_version tries to be intelligent -- it
will
go into each port directory and run "/usr/bin/make -V
PKGNAME" in
order to work out exactly what version of the port is in the
tree,
and will only use the INDEX if that fails.

Unfortunately, running make(1) repeatedly makes pkg_version
about
50 times slower than if it just uses the INDEX file; so if
you know
that the INDEX is up to date (which will be the case if you
use
portsnap), the -I option makes pkg_version much faster.

Colin Percival
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Colin Percival wrote:
> martinko wrote:
> 
>>Colin Percival wrote:
>>
>>>  portsnap -I cron update && pkg_version
-vIL=
>>
>>what is this "I" parameter to pkg_version
supposed to be?
>>i don't seem to have it here on 5.4R.
> 
> 
> It's a new flag in 6.0R; it means "just use the
INDEX, you stupid
> program".  
> 
> Without that flag, pkg_version tries to be intelligent
-- it will
> go into each port directory and run "/usr/bin/make
-V PKGNAME" in
> order to work out exactly what version of the port is
in the tree,
> and will only use the INDEX if that fails.
> 
> Unfortunately, running make(1) repeatedly makes
pkg_version about
> 50 times slower than if it just uses the INDEX file; so
if you know
> that the INDEX is up to date (which will be the case if
you use
> portsnap), the -I option makes pkg_version much faster.
> 
> Colin Percival

many thanks for your explanation and many thanks for the new
functionality!

m

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