make readmes && make index

[SuperMiguel]

# cd /usr/ports
# make readmes && make index


what is this for?

 

[mk]

when in doubt - man (7)ports

readmes	      Create a port's README.html.  This can be used from  /usr/ports to create a browsable web of all ports on your system!
index	      Create /usr/ports/INDEX, which is used by the pretty-print-* and search targets.  Running the index target will ensure your INDEX file is up to date with your ports tree.

 

[SuperMiguel]

so how often do i run it? do i need to run it every time i install a porgam?

 

[mk]

so how often do i run it? do i need to run it every time i install a porgam?

no. you even don't need to do it ever. if you use portsnap for updating ports and issue command like portsnap fetch extract update then the make update part will be automaticly done for you. readmes - this is same as doing cat pkg_descr in ports dir, so you don't need it too. however it's depend do you actualy want "bowsable web of all ports in your system"
i suggest you to try read handbook, just to get things more clear

 

[SuperMiguel]

ya i started using ee /root/ports-supfile instead of portsnap fetch extract update.. But i guess i learned

 

[SuperMiguel]

ya i started using csup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile instead of portsnap fetch extract update.. But i guess i learned

So since i already ran csup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile, and now im using portsnap do i have to delete or revent any steps?

 

[SuperMiguel]

........

 

[phoenix]

no. you even don't need to do it ever. if you use portsnap for updating ports and issue command like portsnap fetch extract update

Running extract and update in the same command is redundant and useless. Extract untars a complete ports tree over top of anything that's in /usr/ports, and is only needed once. Update just replaces things that have changed, and is what should be done on a regular-ish basis.

 

[phoenix]

So since i already ran csup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile, and now im using portsnap do i have to delete or revent any steps?

It's an either or: either use csup to keep the ports tree up-to-date; or use portsnap. They both do the same thing, no point in doing it all twice.

 

[SuperMiguel]

So just run portsnap fetch update in regular basis.. Also what is freebsd-update for?

 

[fronclynne]

in that they are both made up of files and the programs change them

So just run portsnap fetch update in regular basis.. Also what is freebsd-update for?

freebsd-update(8) is for the base system what portsnap(8) is for the ports tree. Kind of.

 

[phoenix]

So just run portsnap fetch update in regular basis.

Correct.

Also what is freebsd-update for?

To update FreeBSD. It's a binary updating tool for upgrading between releases (6.2 -> 6.3, 6.3 -> 6.4, 6.x -> 7.x, etc). It's an alternative to recompiling the entire OS using the standard buildworld cycle. (Similar to how "apt-get upgrade" or "yum upgrade" work in the Linux world.)