portindex updates

[William Davis]

On Nov 9, 2008, at 10:33 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> 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.
>

It doesnt as far I know, but the people who are running selfupdate do,  
dont they?




William Davis
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