FreeBSD-8 and portsnap

[barbara]

> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 3:23 AM, barbara<barbara.xxx1975 at libero.it> wrote:
> > Why portsnap doesn't provide INDEX-8?
> >
> >
> 
> Hi, Barbara
> 
> They appear on my machine:
> 
> %ls /usr/ports/INDEX-*
> /usr/ports/INDEX-5      /usr/ports/INDEX-7      /usr/ports/INDEX-8.bz2
> /usr/ports/INDEX-6      /usr/ports/INDEX-8

If you remove them, you will see that INDEX-8 is missing.
Also check the dates of the files.
This will make portversion misbehave.


> You can always run:
> make fetchindex
> or
> make index
> 

Yes, I know that perfectly.
It's just for curiosity.

Thanks
Barbara