portindex updates

[William Davis]

On Nov 9, 2008, at 9:49 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Nov 9, 2008, at 08:03, William Davis wrote:
>
>> RSS just told me:
>>
>>> Commit by ryandesign at macports.org :: r41701 /trunk/base/src/port/ 
>>> portindex.tcl: (link)
>>> http://trac.macports.org/changeset/41701
>>> portindex.tcl: Generate the port index in a temporary file first,  
>>> then replace the PortIndex file all at once; fixes #16234
>>
>>
>> If this is the case cant we easily update the index more than twice  
>> a day now?  Perhaps even every half hour?
>
> I don't think my commit changes anything for the frequency of  
> portindex updates. All it does is make sure that until the new  
> portindex is done being regenerated, the old portindex is still  
> around so it can be used by other port operations.
>
> I don't know why the portindex is only regenerated every 12 hours.
>

Ryan, I know you didnt change the update frequency.  My point was that  
with your change in place it seems possible  AFTERWARDS to update the  
index more frequently now that the old index can be used while the new  
one is building.




William Davis
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