portindex updates

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 9, 2008, at 21:12, William Davis wrote:

> 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.

I didn't think the server used the portindex for anything.